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USGS iscgem909077

31 Jan 1927, 00:23

200 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A magnitude 6 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 200 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia?

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53.227000, 161.605000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem909077
Coordinates
53.227, 161.605
Network
iscgem
Significance
554