Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - 41 km southeast of Ostrov Chaykina Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Wednesday, January 21, 1953 at 01:43 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 44 km depth
Earthquake details
Date & time | Jan 21, 1953 01:43:02 UTC |
Local time at epicenter | |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 6.1 |
Depth | 43.9 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 50.161°N / 156.424°E ![]() |
Antipode | 50.161°S / 23.576°W |
Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
Nearest volcano | Vernadskii Ridge (54 km / 34 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 61 km (38 mi) SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 149 km (92 mi) S of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 336 km (209 mi) SSW of Paratunka (pop: 1,770) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 337 km (210 mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 357 km (222 mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop: 187,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 363 km (225 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 |
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
6.1 | 44 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | USGS |
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