M5.3 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
3317 d ago · 16 Sept 2017, 21:00 UTC 77 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
What happened
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 77 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 16 Sept 2017, 21:00 UTC at a depth of 51 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.
The nearest town in our records is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, about 80 km away in Kamchatka, Russia.
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