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M7.3 earthquake, Russia, 1971-11-24

MagnitudeM7.3mw

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Depth126 km

Time (UTC)1971-11-24 19:35

Rank in 19718 / 143among M6+

Rank since 1900721 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×89approx.

51 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 52.76, 159.22

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1952 M9.0M9.0

2025 M8.8M8.8

1923 M8.4M8.4

1959 M7.9M7.9

1997 M7.8M7.8

2025 M7.8M7.8

1904 M7.7M7.7

1993 M7.5M7.5

1904 M7.5M7.5

1936 M7.5M7.5

1911 M7.4M7.4

2025 M7.4M7.4

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 1969-03-03	1969-03-03 14:49	31 km	162 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.0 1968-12-19	1968-12-19 15:15	46 km	109 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.0 1967-12-16	1967-12-16 20:54	52 km	78 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.2 1966-04-08	1966-04-08 01:46	45 km	82 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.2 1964-01-06	1964-01-06 23:45	45 km	77 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1963-05-26	1963-05-26 23:06	30 km	64 km SSE of Atlasovo, Russia
M6.2 1960-11-06	1960-11-06 04:38	34 km	89 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.4 1960-10-13	1960-10-13 14:52	36 km	152 km SE of Atlasovo, Russia
M6.5 1959-12-28	1959-12-28 07:20	40 km	144 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.9 1959-06-18	1959-06-18 15:31	10 km	108 km SE of Mil’kovo, Russia

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.