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USGS usp000cqep

20 Mar 2004, 08:53

149 km NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 5.6 mwb earthquake at 52.5 km depth.

Depth52.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 149 km NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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53.829000, 160.468000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000cqep
Coordinates
53.829, 160.468
Network
us
Significance
482