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North Pole M6.0 - Island Chris - 10-28-2017
may be the farthest north quake this big I've seen in the 30 years I've been watching global quakes. Just over 3 degrees latitude from the north pole, or about 350 km. M6.0
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000ay3r#executive
I think there is a spreading center plate boundary in the Arctic Ocean, but don't know whether it is near this quake.
No focal mechanism yet
Chris
RE: North Pole M6.0 - Skywise - 10-30-2017
(10-28-2017, 07:58 PM)Island Chris Wrote: may be the farthest north quake this big I've seen in the 30 years I've been watching global quakes. Just over 3 degrees latitude from the north pole, or about 350 km. M6.0
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000ay3r#executive
I think there is a spreading center plate boundary in the Arctic Ocean, but don't know whether it is near this quake.
No focal mechanism yet
Chris
There is a spreading center.
This links to a google maps 3d map zoomed on the epicenter. you can zoom out for context. The quake is in the ridge.
https://www.google.com/maps/@86.893,55.135,100000m/data=!3m1!1e3
Brian
RE: North Pole M6.0 - Island Chris - 10-31-2017
(10-30-2017, 05:34 PM)Skywise Wrote:(10-28-2017, 07:58 PM)Island Chris Wrote: Thanks Brian