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USGS iscgem900441

23 Aug 1942, 07:35

285 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 20 km depth.

Depth20 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 285 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

53.693000, 163.180000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem900441

Coordinates

53.693, 163.18

Network

iscgem

Significance

622