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USGS usp000hcw0

17 May 2010, 23:03

Kuril Islands

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 72.9 km depth.

Depth72.9 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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46.290000, 152.015000

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What the numbers mean

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180 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia

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269 km NNE of Kuril’sk, Russia

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hcw0
Coordinates
46.29, 152.015
Network
us
Significance
432