Hi

I don't know the exact seismic zone buildup near Svalbard. But to me
this looks like a slip-fault event.

There is also intersting data on Norsar web page.

http://www.norsardata.no/NDC/recenteq/lastweek.html

Regards.
J=F3n Fr=EDmann.


On lau, 2009-03-07 at 08:56 +1100, Dave Nelson wrote:
> Hi Jon and all
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> this was well and truely a Mid Atlantic Ridge event  ... epicentre placin=
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> way between Svalbard and Greenland, quite some distance from either coast=
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> not too many of that size along the ridge  :)
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> cheers
> Dave N
> www.sydneystormcity.com
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> At 03:30 PM 3/6/2009 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hello
> >Here are two news about the Svalbard earthquake this morning. According
> >to news from Norway, this was the biggest earthquake in the country
> >history. But last year they did have earthquake of the size Mb6.2.
> >http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.6512339
> >http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2964253.ece
> >Regards.
> >J=F3n Fr=EDmann
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