Fuerte terremoto magnitud 5.7 - North Pacific Ocean, 478 km ENE of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, jueves, 15 jun. 1961
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Fuerte terremoto magnitud 5.7 at 31 km depth
Magnitud: 5.7
Profundidad: 31.1 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 45.476°N / 151.557°E

Volcán mas cercano: unnamed submarine (113 km / 70 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
426 km al ENE de Shikotan (pop: 2,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
478 km al ENE de Yuzhno-Kurilsk (pop: 6,470) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
7183 km al NE de Moscú (pop: 10,381,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Energía liberada estimada: 2.2 x 1013 joules (6.22 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5351 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) More info
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Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
M 5.7 | 31 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | USGS |
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):- 04 Aug 1961 22:52 UTC| M 5.9 |36.1 km (22.4 mi) depth|28 km (17 mi) distance| USGS | Details
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