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Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, Russia, on 10 May 3:23 am (GMT +11)

Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 68 km depth

9 May 16:35 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 12 minutes.
9 May 16:40: Magnitude recalculated from 4.7 to 4.8. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 70.0 to 68.0 km (from 43 to 42 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.9 km (1.8 mi) towards E.
10 May 08:38: Epicenter location corrected by 1.8 km (1.1 mi) towards SW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 9, 2021 16:23:47 UTC
Local time at epicenter	10 May 3:23 am (GMT +11)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.8
Depth	68.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	49.44°N / 155.69°E (North Pacific Ocean, Russia)
Antipode	49.44°S / 24.31°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	Nemo Peak (66 km / 41 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	141 km (88 mi) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 236 km (147 mi) SSW of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 431 km (268 mi) SSW of Paratunka (pop: 1,770) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 432 km (268 mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy-50 (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 2.6°C (37 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 3 m/s (7 kts) from E
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10¹² joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.8	68 km	Kuril Islands, Russia	GFZ
4.8	67 km	KURIL ISLANDS, Russia	EMSC
4.8	72 km	146 Km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia	USGS

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