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USGS iscgem910330

18 Jan 1925, 12:05

Kuril Islands

A magnitude 7.2 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Kuril Islands?

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47.918000, 153.743000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

M 7.2

97 km NNE of Ozernovskiy, Russia

M 7.2

38 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

M 7.4

95 km NNE of Ozernovskiy, Russia

M 7.03

285 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

M 6.9

251 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

M 6.9

81 km SE of Ozernovskiy, Russia

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem910330
Coordinates
47.918, 153.743
Network
iscgem
Significance
806