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M6.6 earthquake, Russia, 1952-11-06

MagnitudeM6.6mw

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Depth30 km

Time (UTC)1952-11-06 19:46

Rank in 195224 / 166among M6+

Rank since 19003896 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×7approx.

off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · 51.72, 159.91

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1952 M9.0M9.0

2025 M8.8M8.8

1959 M7.9M7.9

2025 M7.8M7.8

1904 M7.7M7.7

1993 M7.5M7.5

1904 M7.5M7.5

1936 M7.5M7.5

1911 M7.4M7.4

2025 M7.4M7.4

1916 M7.4M7.4

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 1952-11-06	1952-11-06 03:54	20 km	232 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 22:46	30 km	153 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.1 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 19:08	37 km	191 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.5 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 13:06	25 km	105 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.2 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 11:46	28 km	108 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.4 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 03:29	20 km	169 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.3 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 02:20	54 km	40 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 23:29	30 km	128 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.7 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 22:19	20 km	173 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.5 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 22:13	23 km	182 km E 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.