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USGS iscgem883730

24 Jan 1958, 05:54

43 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth

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Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 43 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia?

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56.298000, 163.171000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem883730

Coordinates

56.298, 163.171

Network

iscgem

Significance

622