Earthquake details

Monday, September 28, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Monday, September 28, 1970 at 17:22 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia - RU), about 24.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 158.820 and latitude 53.251.

Magnitude 5.6
Alert Strong
Depth 120.1 km
Coordinates 53.251, 158.820
UTC time 1970-09-28 17:22:13.670
Location Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
Country Russia (RU)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1970-09-28

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