New York, Aug. 2 -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted east of Kuril Islands at 1820 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 50.21 degrees north latitude and 159.09 degrees east longitude.

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