Very strong mag. 6.5 earthquake - 470 km south of Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka, Russia, on Thursday, September 23, 1954 at 21:43 GMT
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Very strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake at 20 km depth
Magnitude: 6.5
Depth: 20.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 48.88°N / 156.519°E

Antipode: 48.88°S / 23.481°W
Nearest volcano: Tao-Rusyr (142 km / 88 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
202 km (125 mi) S of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) --> See nearby quakes!
291 km (181 mi) S of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1014 joules (98.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 84802 tons of TNT or 5.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
6.5 | 20 km | east of the Kuril Islands (Russia) | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quake)
Date and time![]() | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
Nov 18, 1954 05:20 68 years ago | 6.2 63 km | 65 km SE of Kharimkotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia | More |
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