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RE: Kuril Islands Quake

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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 09:08:24 (UTC) on Sunday, July 06, 2008, in the Kuril Islands region, about 246 km East from Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, at a depth of 36 km.

Location 45.371024°E°N, 151.

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A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 20:53:03 (UTC) on Sunday, June 29, 2008, in the Primor`ye region, Russia, about 330 km West of Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan, at a depth of 314.7 km.

Location 45.147°N, 137.505°E

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A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred at 09:31:06 (UTC) on Monday, March 03, 2008, in the Kuril Islands region, about 425 km ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, at a depth of 35 km.

Location 46.571°N, 153.041°E

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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 13:50:05 (UTC) on Thursday, October 25, 2006, East of the Kuril Islands region, about 490 km ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, at a depth of 28.5 km.

Location 46.103°N, 154.055°E

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A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 16:14:54 (UTC) on Monday, September 03, 2007, in the Kuril Islands region, 180 km ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia, at a depth of 99.6 km.

Location 45.829°N, 150.027°E

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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 05:22:17 (UTC) on Thursday, August 2, 2007, in the Tatar strait, Russia, 80 km WNW of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, at a depth of 8.4 km.

Location 46.717°N, 141.718°E

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Russian Quake

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RE: Kuril Islands Quake

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For the second time in three months, servicemembers and families here found themselves under the threat of a tsunami after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck east of the Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean Jan. 13, sparking tsunami warnings and shaking buildings.

"I haven't been in an earthquake before. It felt like the whole building was shaking, (and I) heard some of my objects on my desk rattling around. Looking down, my feet were moving around all on their own" - Airman 1st Class Daniel Hogston.

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