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USGS usp000gwe4

21 Apr 2009, 02:16

80 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 64.6 km depth.

Depth64.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 80 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia?

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44.516000, 148.065000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gwe4
Coordinates
44.516, 148.065
Network
us
Significance
385