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USGS iscgem805548

12 Aug 1969, 05:53

95 km SE of Shikotan, Russia

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 30.4 km depth.

Depth30.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 95 km SE of Shikotan, Russia?

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43.301000, 147.692000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem805548

Coordinates

43.301, 147.692

Network

iscgem

Significance

580