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Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - 176km S of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia on Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - 172km S of Ust\'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia on Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - 172km S of Ust\'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia on Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Date & time: Tue, 12 Nov 07:03:51 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 19:03:51
Magnitude: 6.6
Depth: 47.2 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 54.6812°N / 162.2864°E
Nearest volcano: Gamchen (110 km)
Primary data source: USGS
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Tue, 12 Nov
Tue, 12 Nov 07:03 UTCM 6.6 / 47 kmS of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia[Map]GeoAu

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(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 13 Nov
Wed, 13 Nov 02:25 UTCM 4.8 / 39.8 km - [info] (84 km)149km S of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 19 Nov
Tue, 19 Nov 02:56 UTCM 3.8 / 60 km - [info] (93 km) NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Nov
Sun, 24 Nov 16:06 UTCM 5.0 / 72 km - [info] (43 km)92km SW of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 10 Dec
Tue, 10 Dec 05:23 UTCM 4.8 / 48 km - [info] (75 km) NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 10 Dec 05:23 UTCM 4.8 / 49.8 km - [info] (97 km)168km S of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
[Map]		USGS
Sun, 15 Dec
Sun, 15 Dec 03:07 UTCM 5.0 / 52.7 km - [info] (67 km)156km NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
[Map]		USGS

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