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M6.9 earthquake, Russia, 1952-11-04

MagnitudeM6.9mw

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Depth30 km

Time (UTC)1952-11-04 20:48

Rank in 19529 / 166among M6+

Rank since 19002071 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×21approx.

102 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 50.63, 157.58

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1952 M9.0M9.0

2025 M8.8M8.8

2020 M7.5M7.5

1993 M7.5M7.5

1904 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

1993 M7.0M7.0

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M9.0 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 16:58	22 km	89 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.2 1952-09-27	1952-09-27 19:05	60 km	66 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1952-04-04	1952-04-04 02:53	48 km	119 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.1 1951-11-18	1951-11-18 04:38	33 km	144 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.2 1951-11-16	1951-11-16 15:20	30 km	151 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.1 1951-11-16	1951-11-16 15:03	30 km	135 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.1 1951-11-15	1951-11-15 21:59	30 km	147 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.3 1951-11-15	1951-11-15 19:42	30 km	149 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.2 1951-11-15	1951-11-15 10:31	36 km	119 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.1 1951-11-15	1951-11-15 10:02	30 km	132 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 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.