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USGS us2000apa3

16 Sept 2017, 22:00

77 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 51.4 km depth.

Depth51.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 77 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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53.001700, 159.808900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000apa3
Coordinates
53.0017, 159.8089
Network
us
Significance
433