Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Hit Kuril Islands on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 06:10:25 UTC/06:10:25 PM at epicenter/.

Location - 49.418°N, 155.935°E ; Depth - 22.7 km (14.1 miles)

Distances - 137 km (85 miles) S of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia ; 424 km (263 miles) SSW of Vilyuchinsk, Russia ; 442 km (274 miles) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia  and 449 km (278 miles) SSW of Yelizovo, Russia.

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16.3 km (10.1 miles); depth +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles).

Parameters    NST=666, Nph=666, Dmin=429.7 km, Rmss=0.59 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=A.

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