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USGS usp0002g9b

30 Jun 1985, 03:39

100 km S of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan

A magnitude 6 mb earthquake at 0 km depth.

Depth0 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 100 km S of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan?

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49.861000, 78.696000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0002g9b
Coordinates
49.861, 78.696
Network
us
Significance
554