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USGS usp000g33p

4 Apr 2008, 14:30

75 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 55.1 km depth.

Depth55.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 75 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia?

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44.562000, 148.053000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000g33p
Coordinates
44.562, 148.053
Network
us
Significance
385