== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event AT00255081.

Region: KURIL ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 48.292N, 154.224E
Magnitude: 5.9 Mw
Depth: 58 km
Universal Time (UTC): 10 Sep 2009 02:46:52
Time near the Epicenter: 10 Sep 2009 14:46:52
Local standard time in your area: 10 Sep 2009 09:46:52

Location with respect to nearby cities:
299 km (186 miles) SSW (208 degrees) of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
611 km (380 miles) SSW (212 degrees) of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1838 km (1142 miles) NE (36 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2009ljai

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/us2009ljai.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/