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USGS usp000day5

18 Dec 2004, 07:24

206 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 206 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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48.825000, 156.307000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000day5
Coordinates
48.825, 156.307
Network
us
Significance
385