Russia: Earthquake Magnitude 5.9 - Near the East Coast of Kamchatka

USGS
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:48 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time:
Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 21:43:20 UTC

Monday, February 21, 2011 at 09:43:20 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
55.920°N, 162.114°E

Depth:
9.3 km (5.8 miles) set by location program

Region:
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA

Distances:
260 km (160 miles) WNW of Nikol'skoye, Komandorskiye Ostrova, Rus.

380 km (235 miles) SSE of Palana, Koryakia, Russia

395 km (245 miles) NNE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

6660 km (4140 miles) NNE of MOSCOW, Russia 1

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 13.3 km (8.3 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters:
NST=521, Nph=604, Dmin=394.1 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp= 22°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=D

Source:
Cooperative New Madrid Seismic Network

Event ID:
usb0001hpw