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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2008pdbe.7.20080303T102922.756Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2008-03-03T10:29:23+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Alert</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Moderate</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 5.2 Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 5.2 occurred near Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands at 10:09:37.64 UTC on Mar 3, 2008. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008pdbe.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2008-03-03T10:09:37+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2008pdbe</parameter>
<parameter>Version=7</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=5.2</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=10.0 km (6.2 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=12.7 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=77</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=833.8 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=0.92 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=190 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>258 miles (415 km) ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands; 482 miles (776 km) E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia; 1014 miles (1631 km) NE of TOKYO, Japan</areaDesc>
<circle>46.530,152.910 0.2</circle>
</area>
</info>
</alert>

