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USGS us2000c1wd

7 Dec 2017, 23:16

Kuril Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 68.5 km depth.

Depth68.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 February 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Kuril Islands?

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47.337900, 153.141500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000c1wd
Coordinates
47.3379, 153.1415
Network
us
Significance
385