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USGS us10003vrc

8 Nov 2015, 15:40

272 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 49.5 km depth.

Depth49.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 272 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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48.395500, 154.752700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10003vrc
Coordinates
48.3955, 154.7527
Network
us
Significance
416