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5.5-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Kamchatka: GFZ

Beijing, Oct. 5 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted off the east coast of Kamchatka at 1738 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 51.80 degrees north latitude and 160.04 degrees east longitude.
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