Very strong and deep earthquake M 7.2 struck Kuril Islands [1]

The Watchers - 19 April 2013 - by Adonai

A very strong but luckily deep earthquake magnitude 7.2 struck off the coast, sparsely populated, Kuril Islands onApril 19, 2013 at 03:05 UTC. USGS [2] reports depth of 122 km, EMSC [3] measured 100km. A tsunami was not generated and no tsunami warning was issued. JMA [4] still reports depth of only 10 km which will probably get corrected soon. Epicenter was located 250 km (155 miles) ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia and 521 km (323 miles) NE of Nemuro, Japan, at coordinates 46.182°N, 150.796°E.

There are about 400 people living within. GDACS reported that this earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

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