M5.8 Earthquake — north of Franz Josef Land

A magnitude 5.8 (moderate) earthquake struck north of Franz Josef Land on 2017-10-28 16:13 UTC, at a depth of 10 km. See it live on Earth Live's real-time 3D globe.

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Source: USGS event page. The TNT equivalent is computed from the magnitude with the standard Gutenberg–Richter energy relation; all other figures are USGS's own.

This area's earthquake history

In the year before this quake, USGS recorded 3 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more within 300 km.

Strongest recorded within 300 km since 1900:

• M5.9 — north of Franz Josef Land · 1955-06-28
• M5.9 — north of Franz Josef Land · 2017-10-28
• M5.8 — north of Severnaya Zemlya · 1926-08-06

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• M5.2 — 19 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
• M4.9 — north of Franz Josef Land
• M5.4 — Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia
• M4.9 — south of the Fiji Islands
• M4.7 — 103 km W of Attu Station, Alaska
• M4.8 — 149 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
• M4.6 — south of the Fiji Islands
• M4.6 — 206 km E of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

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