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USGS usp000b103

25 Mar 2002, 06:18

135 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 135 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.488000, 155.721000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000b103
Coordinates
49.488, 155.721
Network
us
Significance
385