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M6.6 earthquake, Russia, 1953-11-10

MagnitudeM6.6mw

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Depth57 km

Time (UTC)1953-11-10 23:40

Rank in 195326 / 128among M6+

Rank since 19003422 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · 51.03, 157.37

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1952 M9.0M9.0

2025 M8.8M8.8

1959 M7.9M7.9

1904 M7.7M7.7

2020 M7.5M7.5

1993 M7.5M7.5

1936 M7.5M7.5

1911 M7.4M7.4

1916 M7.4M7.4

1971 M7.3M7.3

1907 M7.2M7.2

1973 M7.2M7.2

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.4 1953-11-09	1953-11-09 17:25	33 km	93 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.3 1953-10-17	1953-10-17 21:07	25 km	145 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.6 1953-10-11	1953-10-11 13:08	50 km	97 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1953-09-26	1953-09-26 01:02	46 km	78 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.6 1953-09-23	1953-09-23 02:14	55 km	67 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
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

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.