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USGS us200063yt

12 Jun 2016, 18:11

98 km E of Shikotan, Russia

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 19.9 km depth.

Depth19.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 August 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 98 km E of Shikotan, Russia?

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43.887000, 147.943300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200063yt
Coordinates
43.887, 147.9433
Network
us
Significance
432