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USGS usp000jp75

20 Jul 2012, 04:40

135 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 14.8 km depth.

Depth14.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 135 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia?

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49.506000, 155.599000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jp75
Coordinates
49.506, 155.599
Network
us
Significance
432