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USGS iscgem890818

6 Jul 1954, 09:04

Kuril Islands

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 19.1 km depth.

Depth19.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Kuril Islands?

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46.463000, 153.384000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem890818
Coordinates
46.463, 153.384
Network
iscgem
Significance
656