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USGS iscgem887437

27 Oct 1957, 22:32

66 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia

A magnitude 7.6 mw earthquake at 147.8 km depth.

Depth147.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 66 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia?

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55.750000, 161.134000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem887437
Coordinates
55.75, 161.134
Network
iscgem
Significance
889