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USGS usp000bt16

19 Mar 2003, 14:30

160 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 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 160 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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52.221000, 160.593000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bt16
Coordinates
52.221, 160.593
Network
us
Significance
385