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USGS iscgem894931

15 Nov 1951, 08:25

127 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 127 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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52.553000, 160.322000

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78 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

140 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem894931

Coordinates

52.553, 160.322

Network

iscgem

Significance

572