6.0 - EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time
  • 19 Apr 2013 19:58:38 UTC
  • 20 Apr 2013 06:58:38 near epicenter
  • 19 Apr 2013 11:58:38 standard time in your timezone
Location 49.968N 157.626E
Depth 1 km
Distances
  • 132 km (81 mi) SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
  • 334 km (207 mi) S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
  • 349 km (216 mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
  • 362 km (224 mi) S of Yelizovo, Russia
  • 2148 km (1331 mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 15.5 km; Vertical 6.8 km
Parameters Nph = 161; Dmin = 348.4 km; Rmss = 1.09 seconds; Gp = 56°
Version = 6
Event ID us b000gc6m

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