Earthquake details

Monday, February 12, 1951 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Monday, February 12, 1951 at 17:22 UTC with a magnitude of 6.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Yakutsk (Russia - RU), about 496.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 136.461 and latitude 65.361.

Magnitude	6.5
Alert	Severe
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	65.361, 136.461
UTC time	1951-02-12 17:22:05.820

Location	268 km SSE of Batagay
Country	Russia (RU)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1951-02-12

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Yakutsk	496.8 km
Magadan	976.5 km
Mirny	1137.2 km
Neryungri	1153.3 km
Tynda	1303.3 km
Tahe	1595.8 km
Svobodnyy	1627.6 km
Komsomolsk-on-Amur	1649.0 km
Belogorsk	1671.8 km
Amursk	1683.8 km
Blagoveshchensk	1756.1 km
Heihe	1760.8 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 258 km WNW of Ust-Nera Russia · 2021-03-01 06:09 UTC	77.3 km
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M 4.6 260 km SSE of Batagay Russia · 1981-08-29 22:23 UTC	8.3 km
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