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Magnitude 5.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 11:57:29 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

World Location

Regional Location

Magnitude 5.4
Date-Time Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 11:57:29 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 11:57:29 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 53.17N 159.99E
Depth 65.7 kilometers
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
Reference 90 km (55 miles) ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
385 km (240 miles) NE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
2505 km (1560 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
6840 km (4250 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 6.7 km; depth +/- 8.9 km
Location Quality
Parameters
Nst=180, Nph=180, Dmin=91.1 km, Rmss=0.73 sec, Erho=6.7 km, Erzz=8.9 km, Gp=114.1 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

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