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USGS usp000fxm4

28 Jan 2008, 04:05

113 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 47.8 km depth.

Depth47.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 113 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.666000, 155.859000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fxm4
Coordinates
49.666, 155.859
Network
us
Significance
385