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USGS iscgem890571

26 Apr 1954, 21:24

97 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 65 km depth.

Depth65 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 97 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia?

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52.058000, 158.222000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem890571

Coordinates

52.058, 158.222

Network

iscgem

Significance

613