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USGS iscgem894940

15 Nov 1951, 19:42

149 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 30.5 km depth.

Depth30.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 149 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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52.272000, 160.406000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem894940
Coordinates
52.272, 160.406
Network
iscgem
Significance
613