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M6.5 earthquake, Russia, 1923-02-12

MagnitudeM6.5mw

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Depth20 km

Time (UTC)1923-02-12 01:58

Rank in 192342 / 93among M6+

Rank since 19003999 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×6approx.

192 km SE of Atlasovo, Russia · 54.33, 161.68

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1952 M9.0M9.0

2025 M8.8M8.8

1923 M8.4M8.4

1917 M8.0M8.0

1959 M7.9M7.9

1905 M7.8M7.8

1997 M7.8M7.8

2025 M7.8M7.8

1904 M7.7M7.7

1971 M7.6M7.6

1957 M7.6M7.6

2025 M7.4M7.4

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 1923-02-11	1923-02-11 22:45	35 km	79 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.3 1923-02-03	1923-02-03 18:42	15 km	77 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia
M8.4 1923-02-03	1923-02-03 16:01	15 km	1923 Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake
M7.3 1923-02-02	1923-02-02 05:07	35 km	163 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.7 1923-02-02	1923-02-02 01:06	15 km	237 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.7 1922-08-16	1922-08-16 15:56	45 km	75 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.1 1919-05-27	1919-05-27 17:27	45 km	163 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia
M8.0 1917-01-30	1917-01-30 02:45	20 km	43 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.3 1917-01-26	1917-01-26 05:09	15 km	285 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.3 1915-07-31	1915-07-31 01:31	20 km	233 km SE of Atlasovo, 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.