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USGS usp000etyx

28 Sept 2006, 02:36

Kuril Islands

A magnitude 5.9 mwb earthquake at 11 km depth.

Depth11 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Kuril Islands?

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46.462000, 153.360000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000etyx
Coordinates
46.462, 153.36
Network
us
Significance
536