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USGS iscgem893669

5 Nov 1952, 19:08

191 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 37.3 km depth.

Depth37.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 191 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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53.646000, 161.338000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem893669

Coordinates

53.646, 161.338

Network

iscgem

Significance

576