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USGS usp000bu82

3 Apr 2003, 02:27

246 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 123.1 km depth.

Depth123.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 246 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.084000, 153.732000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bu82
Coordinates
49.084, 153.732
Network
us
Significance
385