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Recorded earthquakes in Greenland

GEUS' Earthquake Portal provides information on all recorded earthquakes in Greenland. The data are extracted from GEUS' earthquake database and are updated daily. As a result, the timing, locations, and magnitudes of events may change as new data are added and existing events are revised. Continuous quality control is carried out, aiming to identify and remove explosions – typically related to military exercises or the removal of old munitions. Therefore, the list may change over time, and some uncertainty may be associated with the determination of epicentres and depths.

The portal displays information for each earthquake, including the time of occurrence (year, month, day, hour, minute, second) in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the geographical location and depth of the epicentre, and the local magnitude measured on the Richter scale.

Earthquake data can be exported from the portal according to the defined zoom level and map extent.

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Date (Creation)
2025-05-20
Identifier
dk.geus: / earthquake_greenland
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose
GEUS har ansvaret for overvågning og registrering af jordskælv og anden seismisk aktivitet i Danmark og Grønland. Data fra de danske og grønlandske seismografer anvendes til at lokalisere både lokale og fjerne jordskælv. GEUS’ data indgår i den internationale overvågning af jordskælv og atomprøvesprængninger og bidrager til mere præcise lokaliseringer. Derudover danner de seismologiske data grundlag for forskning og rådgivning inden for en bred vifte af seismologiske discipliner – både nationalt og internationalt.
Status
On going
Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - Peter Voss
Øster Voldgade 10 , København , 1350 K , Danmark
Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - Tine Larsen
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - Trine Dahl-Jensen
Publisher
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - Christian Brogaard Pedersen
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology, Earthquakes, Seismology, Greenland
Keywords
  • Geologi, Jordskælv, Seismologi, Grønland
Access constraints
Intellectual property rights
Use constraints
Intellectual property rights
Other constraints
The dataset can be used freely, with specific licensing agreements governing its usage. Free for non-commercial use. For commercial applications, permission must be obtained from GEUS.
Other constraints
Conditions for re-use of data https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/terms_20140620.pdf
Spatial representation type
Vector
Spatial representation type
Grid
Denominator
100000
Distance
-1  m
Metadata language
dan
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
  • Location
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / https://epsg.io/25832
Geometric object type
Point
Distribution format
  • WMS ( 1.1.0 )

Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - GIS-Support
Øster Voldgade 10 , København , 1350 K , Danmark
OnLine resource
Earthquakes and seismology ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

GEUS is responsible for monitoring and registration of earthquakes and other seismic activities in Denmark and Greenland.

OnLine resource
Recorded earthquakes in Greenland ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

GEUS' Earthquake portal contains all registered earthquakes across Greenland, extracted from GEUS' earthquake database.

OnLine resource
earthquakes_greenland ( OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-capabilities )

seismic_events

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Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
This field has no significance
Pass
No
Statement
EITHER data processing history for GEUS Data OR reference to Data source for foreign data
File identifier
8a9c16d5-903e-4ddf-9b7e-c6e6fd1177d7 XML
Metadata language
dan
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-21T16:53:52
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003 / ISO 19139:2007
Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - Metadata contact person
Øster Voldgade 10 , København , 1350 K , Danmark
 
 

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