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USGS usp000a78j

7 Jan 2001, 06:26

166 km W of Arman’, Russia

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 14.2 km depth.

Depth14.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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59.426000, 147.228000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000a78j
Coordinates
59.426, 147.228
Network
us
Significance
449