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USGS iscgem892319

24 Dec 1953, 23:21

129 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 129 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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52.226000, 159.946000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

M 6.47

105 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

M 6.45

144 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

M 6.49

76 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

M 6.42

136 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

M 6.5

81 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia

M 6.41

off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem892319
Coordinates
52.226, 159.946
Network
iscgem
Significance
642