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M7.3 earthquake, Russia, 2018-12-20

MagnitudeM7.3mww

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Depth17 km

Time (UTC)2018-12-20 17:01

Rank in 20189 / 134among M6+

Rank since 1900775 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×89approx.

187 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 55.10, 164.70

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.9 2018-12-20	2018-12-20 17:09	10 km	Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region
M5.6 2018-12-20	2018-12-20 17:19	10 km	189 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M5.6 2018-12-20	2018-12-20 17:35	10 km	207 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M5.5 2018-12-21	2018-12-21 18:19	18 km	164 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M5.6 2018-12-22	2018-12-22 13:29	10 km	177 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.1 2018-12-24	2018-12-24 12:41	10 km	161 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1923 M8.4M8.4

1917 M8.0M8.0

1905 M7.8M7.8

1997 M7.8M7.8

2017 M7.7M7.7

1971 M7.6M7.6

1957 M7.6M7.6

1969 M7.4M7.4

1923 M7.4M7.4

1915 M7.3M7.3

1936 M7.3M7.3

2018 M7.3M7.3

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2018-11-14	2018-11-14 21:21	49 km	71 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.2 2018-01-25	2018-01-25 02:10	11 km	259 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.7 2017-07-17	2017-07-17 23:34	10 km	Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region
M6.3 2017-07-17	2017-07-17 11:05	9 km	Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region
M6.6 2017-03-29	2017-03-29 04:09	17 km	81 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.1 2016-09-05	2016-09-05 22:54	8 km	Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region
M6.4 2016-03-20	2016-03-20 22:50	30 km	216 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.4 2013-11-12	2013-11-12 07:03	43 km	172 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.0 2012-06-24	2012-06-24 03:15	10 km	159 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.1 2011-02-20	2011-02-20 21:43	33 km	41 km SSW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, 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.