M6.1 earthquake - 153 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia
26674 d ago · 5 Oct 1953, 04:31 UTC 153 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia
What happened
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 153 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia on 5 Oct 1953, 04:31 UTC at a depth of 35 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. 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 211 km away in Kamchatka, Russia.
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