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USGS iscgem913404

30 Jan 1917, 02:45

43 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

A magnitude 8 mw earthquake at 20 km depth.

Depth20 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 43 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia?

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56.154000, 163.174000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem913404

Coordinates

56.154, 163.174

Network

iscgem

Significance

980