An earthquake of 6 degrees occurred today north of the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, announced the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).[/B] Police said there were no reports of injuries or damage.
The earthquake occurred 725 km north of Svalbard and had a focal depth of 2 km, EMSC said.
We have had no reports of any incidents, a police spokesman at the Svalbard governor's office told Reuters.
He added that there are usually many ships around the island, but he did not know how many were there at the time.
So far we have no incoming reports of this, a spokesman for the rescue services for the northern Norwegian region told Reuters.
The main settlement on Svalbard, Longjarbien, is located in the central part of the archipelago.
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