M9.0 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
27009 d ago · 4 Nov 1952, 16:58 UTC 89 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
What happened
A magnitude 9 earthquake struck 89 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 4 Nov 1952, 16:58 UTC at a depth of 22 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Great. Can cause severe damage across hundreds of kilometres and may trigger tsunamis. 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 92 km away in Kamchatka, Russia.
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