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USGS usp000a9ms

14 Feb 2001, 13:36

Kuril Islands

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 147.8 km depth.

Depth147.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Kuril Islands?

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48.544000, 153.297000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000a9ms
Coordinates
48.544, 153.297
Network
us
Significance
482