Largest Earthquake Recorded in Norway Hits

From Cape Cod Times: OSLO, Norway
- A magnitude-6.2 earthquake, the largest ever recorded on Norwegian territory, hit off the Arctic Svalbard islands early today, the national seismic monitoring center said. No casualties or damage were reported. The quake could have been catastrophic if it had hit a more densely populated area, said Conrad Lindholm, senior researcher of the seismic institute NORSAR.

“This is extremely rare,” Lindholm said by telephone, adding it was the strongest quake in Norway since it started taking records about a century ago. The Web site of the U.S. Geological Survey