== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event PT08066171.


Region: KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA
Geographic coordinates: 51.481N, 156.608E
Magnitude: 5.8 Mb
Depth: 87 km
Universal Time (UTC): 6 Mar 2008 09:38:38
Time near the Epicenter: 6 Mar 2008 21:38:38
Local standard time in your area: 6 Mar 2008 16:38:38

Location with respect to nearby cities:
95 km (59 miles) NNE (21 degrees) of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
220 km (137 miles) SW (220 degrees) of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
2211 km (1374 miles) NNE (32 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2008pga7

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008pga7.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/