Earthquake Information

February 13, 2015 (18:59:12 UTC)

Quake Location

Magnitude 7.1 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A major magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred on the North America – Eurasia Plate boundary. The epicenter was located ~1170km SE of Greenland in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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