Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 80 km southeast of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Wednesday, November 5, 1952 at 20:30 GMT
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Very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 23 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Nov 5, 1952 20:30:30 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6 |
| Depth | 23.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 50.132°N / 156.864°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Russia) |
| Antipode | 50.132°S / 23.136°W |
| Shaking intensity | Strong shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Vernadskii Ridge (79 km / 49 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 80 km (50 mi) SE of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 154 km (96 mi) S of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 329 km (204 mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 329 km (205 mi) SSW of Paratunka (pop: 1,770) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 348 km (216 mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop: 187,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 356 km (221 mi) SSW of Yelizovo (pop: 40,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.0 | 23 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (10 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jan 21, 1953 01:43 69 years ago | 6.1 44 km | 41 km SE of Ostrov Chaykina Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Jan 12, 1953 17:23 69 years ago | 6.6 54 km | 43 km SE of Ostrov Chaykina Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 18, 1952 08:13 70 years ago | 6.1 36 km | 80 km SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 12, 1952 13:38 70 years ago | 5.5 28 km | 95 km SE of Ostrov Chaykina Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 10, 1952 06:06 70 years ago | 6.1 30 km | 67 km SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 9, 1952 05:57 70 years ago | 6.1 38 km | 88 km SE of Ostrov Chaykina Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 8, 1952 17:04 70 years ago | 6.1 35 km | 79 km SE of Ostrov Ptenets Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 7, 1952 14:08 70 years ago | 6.5 54 km | Ostrov Chaykina, 33 km SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 7, 1952 06:49 70 years ago | 5.9 25 km | 90 km SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 7, 1952 02:21 70 years ago | 5.9 20 km | 390 km S of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia | More |
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