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USGS us6000c5ef

4 Oct 2020, 10:17

190 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 48.5 km depth.

Depth48.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 190 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.068700, 155.228500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000c5ef
Coordinates
49.0687, 155.2285
Network
us
Significance
400