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Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands -- USGS

Xinhua,December 08, 2017 Adjust font size:

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Kuril Islands at 23:16:34 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 21.27 km, was initially determined to be at 47.4528 degrees north latitude and 152.8695 degrees east longitude. Enditem