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M7.9 earthquake, Russia, 1959-05-04

MagnitudeM7.9mw

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Depth55 km

Time (UTC)1959-05-04 07:15

Rank in 19591 / 106among M6+

Rank since 1900122 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×708approx.

76 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 53.26, 159.73

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

1957 M7.6M7.6

1993 M7.5M7.5

1904 M7.5M7.5

1936 M7.5M7.5

1911 M7.4M7.4

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 1958-11-20	1958-11-20 05:36	40 km	140 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.2 1958-11-08	1958-11-08 09:22	20 km	156 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.8 1958-08-15	1958-08-15 19:55	43 km	101 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.4 1958-04-13	1958-04-13 12:29	25 km	137 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.7 1957-12-17	1957-12-17 05:10	26 km	225 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.1 1957-11-15	1957-11-15 16:30	75 km	85 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M7.6 1957-10-27	1957-10-27 22:32	148 km	66 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia
M6.1 1957-10-13	1957-10-13 04:19	25 km	132 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.4 1957-02-03	1957-02-03 17:24	15 km	79 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia
M6.2 1956-09-20	1956-09-20 21:52	25 km	172 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, 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.