6.9 - KURIL ISLANDS

6.9 - KURIL ISLANDS

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	6.9 Mwp
Date-Time	28 Feb 2013 14:05:51 UTC 1 Mar 2013 00:05:52 near epicenter 28 Feb 2013 15:05:51 standard time in your timezone
Location	50.934N 157.339E
Depth	52 km
Distances	85 km (52 mi) SE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 233 km (144 mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 251 km (155 mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia 260 km (161 mi) SSW of Yelizovo, Russia 2205 km (1367 mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 15.9 km; Vertical 9.6 km
Parameters	Nph = 439; Dmin = 243.9 km; Rmss = 0.72 seconds; Gp = 67° M-type = Mwp; Version = 8
Event ID	us c000febi

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