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Magnitude 6.4 - KURIL ISLANDS

2007 September 03 16:14:53 UTC

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Magnitude

6.4

Date-Time

Monday, September 03, 2007 at 16:14:53 UTC

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 at 04:14:53 AM at epicenter

Location

45.800°N, 150.062°E

Depth

94.2 km (58.5 miles)

Region

KURIL ISLANDS

Distances

181 km (112 miles) ENE (69°) from Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands

549 km (341 miles) NE (53°) from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

1420 km (883 miles) NE (34°) from TOKYO, Japan

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 15.9 km (9.9 miles); depth +/- 21 km (13.0 miles)

Parameters

Nst= 27, Nph= 27, Dmin=576.8 km, Rmss=1.31 sec,
Gp=126°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center
for Seismology, Denver

Event
ID

us2007gva8

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

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