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Date-Time Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 17:49:39 UTC

Friday, January 16, 2009 at 03:49:39 AM at epicenter

Location 46.859°N, 155.173°E

Depth 36 km (22.4 miles) set by location program

Distances 430 km (270 miles) S of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia

595 km (370 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands

1785 km (1110 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan

7245 km (4500 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 3.7 km (2.3 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=351, Nph=351, Dmin=731 km, Rmss=0.89 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2009bwa8

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.