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USGS us7000bmpy

13 Sept 2020, 14:42

16 km S of Uglegorsk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated21 November 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 16 km S of Uglegorsk, Russia?

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48.932100, 142.086600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000bmpy
Coordinates
48.9321, 142.0866
Network
us
Significance
385