I find myself in a similar position with a 3TB Seagate drive, I'm currently 15% through a format using
SeaChest Format from here Seagate/ToolBin
./SeaChest_Format_151_12130_64 -d /dev/sg0 --fastFormat 1 --formatUnit 512 --confirm this-will-erase-data
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