Earthquake rattles Norway's west coast - Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no

Earthquake rattles Norway's west coast - Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no

Norway isn’t known for having earthquakes, but one centered off its west coast Sunday night was felt over a wide area from Ålesund south to Måløy and Førde, and even farther inland. A series of at least six aftershocks were also registered. “They were so small that hardly anyone could feel them,” Mathilde Sørensen, seismology […] The post Earthquake rattles Norway’s west coast appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no.

People felt shaking across large parts of Western Norway after an earthquake measured at 4.0 a few kilometers west of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal on Sunday evening.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 raged over off the coast of western Norway tonight. Norwegian state radio says a number of people have felt the quake and said it was unusually powerful. Alfred Bjørlo, a member of the Labour Party, says his house has trembled violently and amused to find the great forces that were at work.Bjørlo says the house has shuddered for ten to fifteen seconds, but that nothing seems to have been damaged. Damage to building…

People felt tremors all the way to Oppdal after an earthquake measured at 4.0 a few miles west of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal on Sunday night.

People noticed tremors across large parts of western Norway after an earthquake measured at 4.0 a few miles west of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal on Sunday night.

A few minutes after 9:00 PM, an earthquake was registered on the Norwegian coast. Several people have also felt the tremor in our area.