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USGS iscgem906563

12 Jan 1931, 20:34

142 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 142 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia?

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55.040000, 163.316000

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M 6.23

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M 6.3

285 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

M 6.3

115 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

M 6.3

102 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem906563
Coordinates
55.04, 163.316
Network
iscgem
Significance
603