Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - 80 km southeast of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Tuesday, November 18, 1952 at 08:13 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 36 km depth
Earthquake details
Date & time | Nov 18, 1952 08:13:36 UTC |
Local time at epicenter | |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 6.1 |
Depth | 35.8 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 50.175°N / 156.929°E ![]() |
Antipode | 50.175°S / 23.071°W |
Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
Nearest volcano | Vernadskii Ridge (80 km / 50 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 80 km (49 mi) SE of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 150 km (93 mi) SSE of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 323 km (201 mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 323 km (201 mi) SSW of Paratunka (pop: 1,770) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 342 km (213 mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop: 187,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 350 km (217 mi) SSW of Yelizovo (pop: 40,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Estimated seismic energy released | 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
6.1 | 36 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 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 |
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