Earthquakes, Global Emergency

6.0 Mwp – KURIL ISLANDS

Leave a comment

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.0 Mwp
Date-Time
  • 9 Sep 2012 05:39:20 UTC
  • 9 Sep 2012 17:39:20 near epicenter
  • 8 Sep 2012 21:39:20 standard time in your timezone
Location 49.473N 155.517E
Depth 56 km
Distances
  • 141 km (88 miles) SSW (198 degrees) of Severo-Kuril’sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
  • 450 km (280 miles) SSW (210 degrees) of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
  • 1998 km (1241 miles) NE (35 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 19.5 km; Vertical 8.5 km
Parameters Nph = 468; Dmin = 432.9 km; Rmss = 0.72 seconds; Gp = 116°
M-type = Mwp; Version = 6
Event ID us c000cjd2

For updates, maps, and technical information, see:
Event Page
or
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/

Leave a Reply