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USGS usp000g1fm

14 Mar 2008, 10:45

Kuril Islands

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 26.4 km depth.

Depth26.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Kuril Islands?

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47.566000, 154.161000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000g1fm
Coordinates
47.566, 154.161
Network
us
Significance
449