Earthquake details

Thursday, December 22, 1988 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Thursday, December 22, 1988 at 01:44 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia - RU), about 423.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 156.239 and latitude 49.567.

Magnitude 5.3
Alert Strong
Depth 33.0 km
Coordinates 49.567, 156.239
UTC time 1988-12-22 01:44:13.430
Location 123 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk
Country Russia (RU)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1988-12-22

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