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USGS us70008vu4

14 Apr 2020, 03:46

166 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mww earthquake at 51.2 km depth.

Depth51.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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45.331900, 149.990600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70008vu4
Coordinates
45.3319, 149.9906
Network
us
Significance
385