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USGS us20004wzi

4 Feb 2016, 01:34

Kuril Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 44.6 km depth.

Depth44.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Kuril Islands?

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47.603700, 151.960900

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What the numbers mean

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

M 5.1

Sea of Okhotsk

M 5.1

Kuril Islands

M 5

Sea of Okhotsk

M 5

northwest of the Kuril Islands

M 5.2

northwest of the Kuril Islands

M 5.3

Sea of Okhotsk

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20004wzi
Coordinates
47.6037, 151.9609
Network
us
Significance
400