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USGS us6000bdgz

12 Aug 2020, 18:30

228 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 42.7 km depth.

Depth42.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 228 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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48.800900, 154.826800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000bdgz
Coordinates
48.8009, 154.8268
Network
us
Significance
385