1952 Kamchatka earthquake

The shock was recorded at 16:58:30 UTC on 4 November 1952 off the Pacific coast of Kamchatka, east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Catalogue entries list it among the biggest earthquakes recorded near the city, with magnitude estimates differing between 8.9 and 9.0 and depth given as 21 kilometres.

Origin time (UTC)

1952-11-04T16:58

Magnitude

9

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

21.6

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official19521104165830_30

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: kamchatka, russia, subduction, pacific

Coordinates: 52.623, 159.779

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 8.5 and above since 1900

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