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USGS usp000jfbv

25 Feb 2012, 06:15

166 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 28.2 km depth.

Depth28.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 166 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.186000, 155.941000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jfbv
Coordinates
49.186, 155.941
Network
us
Significance
416