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USGS usp000jgat

16 Mar 2012, 00:38

155 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5.2 mwb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 155 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.274000, 156.074000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jgat
Coordinates
49.274, 156.074
Network
us
Significance
416