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M7.4 earthquake, Russia, 1969-11-22

MagnitudeM7.4mw

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Depth33 km

Time (UTC)1969-11-22 23:09

Rank in 19695 / 144among M6+

Rank since 1900536 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×145approx.

172 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 57.67, 163.51

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1917 M8.0M8.0

1905 M7.8M7.8

1971 M7.6M7.6

1957 M7.6M7.6

1969 M7.4M7.4

1923 M7.4M7.4

1936 M7.3M7.3

2018 M7.3M7.3

1945 M7.1M7.1

1983 M7.1M7.1

1923 M7.0M7.0

1986 M6.8M6.8

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 1969-01-26	1969-01-26 15:05	29 km	49 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.4 1966-07-19	1966-07-19 01:40	12 km	144 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.5 1960-07-25	1960-07-25 03:41	20 km	near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
M6.6 1959-12-27	1959-12-27 15:53	27 km	34 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.4 1958-01-24	1958-01-24 05:54	30 km	43 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.6 1957-10-27	1957-10-27 22:32	148 km	66 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia
M6.5 1956-06-23	1956-06-23 02:18	20 km	72 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.0 1956-01-13	1956-01-13 03:27	15 km	149 km NE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.1 1951-03-19	1951-03-19 20:28	15 km	70 km E of Atlasovo, Russia
M6.5 1948-12-23	1948-12-23 08:41	20 km	250 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, 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.