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USGS iscgem900649

7 Feb 1941, 16:13

87 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 87 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia?

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56.023000, 163.843000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem900649
Coordinates
56.023, 163.843
Network
iscgem
Significance
630