Earthquake details

Tuesday, January 3, 1956 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Tuesday, January 3, 1956 at 15:41 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia - RU), about 468.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 156.038 and latitude 49.179.

Magnitude 5.8
Alert Strong
Depth 57.0 km
Coordinates 49.179, 156.038
UTC time 1956-01-03 15:41:09.780
Location 166 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk
Country Russia (RU)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1956-01-03

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