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USGS usp000bt18

19 Mar 2003, 14:43

168 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 168 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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52.207000, 160.716000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bt18
Coordinates
52.207, 160.716
Network
us
Significance
482