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USGS usc000fb2g

21 Feb 2013, 17:20

east of the Kuril Islands

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is east of the Kuril Islands?

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47.836000, 156.323000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000fb2g
Coordinates
47.836, 156.323
Network
us
Significance
416