Magnitude 7.7 SEA OF OKHOTSK
Saturday, July 05, 2008 at 02:12:04 UTC
News Release
The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred 385 km (240 miles) WNW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia or 415 km (260 miles) NNW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia or 2280 km (1410 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan at 8:12 PM MDT, Jul 4, 2008 (Jul 05 at 1:12 PM local time in Russia). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. This earthquake is located in a remote area and no damage or casualties are expected.
WP 7.5 (GS).
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
