Hongkong - XINHUA
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted 22km ENE of Kuril'sk, Russia at 22:52:21 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 41.23 km, was initially determined to be at 45.3012 degrees north latitude and 148.1552 degrees east longtitude.