- North Pacific Ocean, 167 km northeast of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Friday, 17 July 2020 at 06:10 (GMT) -

- North Pacific Ocean, 167 km northeast of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Friday, 17 July 2020 at 06:10 (GMT)

Séisme modéré magnitude 5.1 at 131 km depth

17 Jul 06:21 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 11 minutes.
Date & time: 17 Jul 2020 06:10:45 UTC -
Magnitude: 5.1
Profondeur: 131.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 44.66°N / 147.76°E (Océan Pacifique Nord, Russie)
Volcan le plus près: Bogatyr Ridge (38 km / 24 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
127 km NE de Shikotan (pop: 2,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
167 km ENE de Yuzhno-Kurilsk (pop: 6,470) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
229 km NE de Nemuro (Japon) (pop: 31,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
237 km ENE de Shibetsu (Japon) (pop: 21,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
287 km ENE de Abashiri (Japon) (pop: 42,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
323 km ENE de Kitami (Japon) (pop: 113,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
330 km NE de Kushiro (Japon) (pop: 183,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
445 km ESE de Korsakov (pop: 35,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
466 km ESE de Ioujno-Sakhalinsk (pop: 176,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
7084 km NE de Moscou (pop: 10,381,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
160 km ENE de Kunajiri Island (pop: 7,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
49 km S de Iturup Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.1131 kmKuril Islands (Russia)GFZ
M 5.1115 kmKuril Islands (Russia)EMSC
M 5.1116 kmKuril Islands (Russia)GeoAu
M 5.421 kmKuril Islands (Russia)BMKG
M 5.0134 km51 km SSW of Kuril’sk, RussiaUSGS

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Shikotan (Russia, 132 km SW of epicenter) : Почувствовали два коротких, до ощутимых толчка с разницей в полминуты (reported through EMSC)
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