6.1 Earthquake Baffin Bay, Arctic Circle

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Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 19:11:45 UTC
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 02:11:45 PM at epicenter

Location 75.325°N, 72.312°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region BAFFIN BAY
Distances
170 km (105 miles) SW of Qaanaaq (Thule), Greenland
315 km (195 miles) ESE of Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada
1455 km (910 miles) NNW of NUUK (GODTHAB), Greenland
3330 km (2070 miles) N of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 3.8 km (2.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=216, Nph=216, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=T
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2009iubh


This event has been reviewed by a seismologist