Norway’s biggest quake hits Svalbard archipelago

By SPA

Oslo : An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude — the biggest in Norwegian history — jolted the sparsely
populated Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic on Wednesday night, the Norsar seismic research institute said on Thursday.


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“This is the biggest earthquake on Norwegian territory in history,” the institute said in a statement.

“The earthquake happened at sea about 10 km (six miles) below the surface, and was felt strongly in (the Norwegian town of) Longyearbyen.”

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