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USGS usp000gdtk

4 Aug 2008, 05:42

93 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5.8 mwc earthquake at 76.9 km depth.

Depth76.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 93 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.852000, 156.380000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gdtk
Coordinates
49.852, 156.38
Network
us
Significance
518