Moderate mag. 5.7 earthquake - East of Kuril Islands on Monday, 8 December 2014
Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.6 - North Pacific Ocean, 308 km S of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, lunes, 08 dic. 2014
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Moderate magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 39 km depth
8 Dec 10:10 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 18 minutos.
Profundidad recalculada de 42.0 a 39.0 km.
Profundidad recalculada de 42.0 a 39.0 km.
Magnitud: 5.6
Profundidad: 39.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 50.3°N / 158.05°E
(Océano Pacífico Norte, Rusia)Volcán mas cercano: Mashkovtsev (126 km / 78 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
142 km al ESE de Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
294 km al S de Vilyuchinsk (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
308 km al S de Petropávlovsk-Kamchatski (pop: 187,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
322 km al S de Yelizovo (pop: 40,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
7008 km al NE de Moscú (pop: 10,381,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
129 km al SE de Ostrov Kambal’nyy Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
187 km al ESE de Alaid Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
| M 5.6 | 39 km | East of Kuril Islands | GFZ |
| M 5.5 | 40 km | EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS | EMSC |
| M 5.6 | 45 km | 139km ESE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia | USGS |
(shakemap: USGS)
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Aftershocks of the M 5.6 terremoto: Océano Pacífico Norte, 308 km al sur de Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Rusia Mon, 8 Dec 2014 09:52
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Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.6 - North Pacific Ocean, 308 km S of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, lunes, 08 dic. 2014
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