Earthquake details

Thursday, January 12, 1984 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Thursday, January 12, 1984 at 01:30 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia - RU), about 434.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 155.805 and latitude 49.586.

Magnitude 5.3
Alert Strong
Depth 33.0 km
Coordinates 49.586, 155.805
UTC time 1984-01-12 01:30:29.720
Location 123 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk
Country Russia (RU)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1984-01-12

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