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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2008pda8.9.20080304T161533.921Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2008-03-04T16:15:36+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Update</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<references>USGS-earthquakes-us2008pda8.8.20080303T174425.785Z/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</references>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Extreme</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 6.5 Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 6.5 occurred near Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands at 09:31:02.35 UTC on Mar 3, 2008. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008pda8.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2008-03-03T09:31:02+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2008pda8</parameter>
<parameter>Version=9</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=6.5</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=10.0 km (6.2 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=4.9 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=273</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=797.0 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=0.99 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=37 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>266 miles (428 km) ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands; 491 miles (790 km) ENE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan; 1017 miles (1636 km) NE of TOKYO, Japan</areaDesc>
<circle>46.432,153.133 45.0</circle>
</area>
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