Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake - 423 km south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, on Sunday, November 9, 1952 at 04:35 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake at 35 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Nov 9, 1952 04:35:13 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.2 |
| Depth | 35.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 49.432°N / 156.834°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Russia) |
| Antipode | 49.432°S / 23.166°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Karpinsky (131 km / 81 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 147 km (91 mi) SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 231 km (143 mi) S of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 404 km (251 mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 405 km (252 mi) SSW of Paratunka (pop: 1,770) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.3 x 1014 joules (35 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 30089 tons of TNT or 1.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.2 | 35 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (8 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Apr 15, 1953 01:17 69 years ago | 5.9 35 km | 451 km S of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia | More |
| Mar 5, 1953 21:21 69 years ago | 6.5 30 km | 465 km SW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia | More |
| Feb 7, 1953 18:23 69 years ago | 6.3 31 km | 476 km SW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia | More |
| Feb 2, 1953 09:30 69 years ago | 6.0 35 km | 458 km S of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia | More |
| Nov 21, 1952 03:19 70 years ago | 5.8 35 km | 207 km S of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
| Nov 20, 1952 11:25 70 years ago | 5.9 32 km | 412 km S of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, 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 9, 1952 05:57 70 years ago | 6.1 38 km | 88 km SE of Ostrov Chaykina Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
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