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M6.6 earthquake, Russia, 1953-09-23

MagnitudeM6.6mw

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Depth55 km

Time (UTC)1953-09-23 02:14

Rank in 195321 / 128among M6+

Rank since 19003316 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×9approx.

67 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 50.08, 156.30

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1915 M7.8M7.8

2020 M7.5M7.5

1993 M7.5M7.5

1911 M7.4M7.4

1916 M7.4M7.4

1907 M7.2M7.2

1973 M7.2M7.2

1913 M7.0M7.0

1993 M7.0M7.0

1963 M6.9M6.9

2013 M6.9M6.9

1921 M6.9M6.9

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 1953-09-05	1953-09-05 18:58	51 km	68 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.9 1953-09-04	1953-09-04 07:23	56 km	28 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.4 1953-07-22	1953-07-22 05:11	58 km	74 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1953-07-01	1953-07-01 02:59	53 km	51 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1953-06-23	1953-06-23 13:53	48 km	67 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.4 1953-05-19	1953-05-19 03:11	14 km	off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
M6.5 1953-03-05	1953-03-05 21:21	30 km	164 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1953-03-05	1953-03-05 21:01	52 km	102 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.3 1953-02-07	1953-02-07 18:23	31 km	174 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.0 1953-02-02	1953-02-02 09:30	35 km	160 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, 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.