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USGS usp000accs

1 Apr 2001, 14:36

173 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 173 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.113000, 156.247000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000accs
Coordinates
49.113, 156.247
Network
us
Significance
385