7.2 - KURIL ISLANDS

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time
  • 19 Apr 2013 03:05:53 UTC
  • 19 Apr 2013 15:05:54 near epicenter
  • 18 Apr 2013 19:05:53 standard time in your timezone
Location 46.182N 150.796E
Depth 122 km
Distances
  • 250 km (155 mi) ENE of Kuril'sk, Russia
  • 521 km (323 mi) NE of Nemuro, Japan
  • 527 km (326 mi) NE of Shibetsu, Japan
  • 566 km (350 mi) ENE of Abashiri, Japan
  • 1490 km (923 mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 14.4 km; Vertical 1.3 km
Parameters Nph = 107; Dmin = 623.1 km; Rmss = 0.92 seconds; Gp = 35°
Version = 5
Event ID us b000gbf8

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