[Skywise]

(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/...#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/@86.893,55.1...a=!3m1!1e3


Brian