== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

Region: NORTH OF SVALBARD
Geographic coordinates: 80.247N, 1.984W
Magnitude: 5.5 Mb
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 5 Mar 2009 19:41:40
Time near the Epicenter: 5 Mar 2009 19:41:40
Local standard time in your area: 6 Mar 2009 02:41:40

Location with respect to nearby cities:
319 km (198 miles) ESE (113 degrees) of Nord, Greenland
1573 km (977 miles) NNW (336 degrees) of Murmansk, Russia
1889 km (1174 miles) N (11 degrees) of REYKJAVIK, Iceland


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2009dvbt

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009dvbt.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov