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USGS us20003kjd

17 Sept 2015, 09:58

76 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 5.5 mb earthquake at 68.1 km depth.

Depth68.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 76 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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53.298500, 159.708500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20003kjd
Coordinates
53.2985, 159.7085
Network
us
Significance
466