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USGS us20008vhw

29 Mar 2017, 05:34

73 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 June 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 73 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia?

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56.823700, 162.973600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20008vhw
Coordinates
56.8237, 162.9736
Network
us
Significance
385