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USGS iscgem891737

8 Jun 1953, 12:40

134 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 50.1 km depth.

Depth50.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 134 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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52.255000, 160.098000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

M 6.15

128 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

M 6.18

156 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

M 6.14

147 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

M 6.13

132 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

M 6.19

off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

M 6.13

172 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem891737
Coordinates
52.255, 160.098
Network
iscgem
Significance
584