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USGS usp000gfng

27 Aug 2008, 02:35

10 km N of Baykal’sk, Russia

A magnitude 6.3 mwc earthquake at 16 km depth.

Depth16 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km N of Baykal’sk, Russia?

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51.607000, 104.158000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gfng
Coordinates
51.607, 104.158
Network
us
Significance
663