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Data last collected: 29 Aug 2026

USGS iscgem795568

14 May 1970, 10:20

3 km SSE of Uchkent, Russia

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 12.8 km depth.

Depth12.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km SSE of Uchkent, Russia?

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43.083000, 47.099000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

1 km WNW of Goyty, Russia

11 km NNW of Java, Georgia

8 km N of Oni, Georgia

10 km WNW of Engel’-Yurt, Russia

38 km ESE of St’epants’minda, Georgia

5 km ENE of Uchkent, Russia

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem795568

Coordinates

43.083, 47.099

Network

iscgem

Significance

572

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