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M6.6 earthquake, Russia, 1941-03-16

MagnitudeM6.6mw

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Depth25 km

Time (UTC)1941-03-16 07:42

Rank in 194124 / 102among M6+

Rank since 19003410 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

112 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 50.03, 157.36

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1915 M7.8M7.8

2020 M7.5M7.5

1993 M7.5M7.5

1936 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

1999 M6.9M6.9

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 1940-04-19	1940-04-19 14:39	35 km	148 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1939-11-18	1939-11-18 01:32	35 km	87 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.1 1937-10-25	1937-10-25 23:20	35 km	151 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.5 1936-06-30	1936-06-30 15:06	15 km	253 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.1 1931-11-04	1931-11-04 17:53	35 km	131 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1929-07-14	1929-07-14 09:36	70 km	219 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1928-10-23	1928-10-23 17:52	35 km	66 km SE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.2 1923-02-16	1923-02-16 09:16	15 km	171 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1921-09-29	1921-09-29 13:09	70 km	259 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1921-05-21	1921-05-21 22:26	35 km	211 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.