M6.0 earthquake near Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka
10369 d ago · 27 May 1998, 20:41 UTC 107 km SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
What happened
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck 107 km SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 27 May 1998, 20:41 UTC at a depth of 60 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 Vilyuchinsk, about 108 km away in Kamchatka, Russia.
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