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USGS usp0008nth

27 May 1998, 21:41

107 km SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 6 mwc earthquake at 60.1 km depth.

Depth60.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 107 km SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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52.239000, 159.526000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0008nth
Coordinates
52.239, 159.526
Network
us
Significance
554