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M6.5 earthquake, Russia, 1987-10-06

MagnitudeM6.5mw

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Depth34 km

Time (UTC)1987-10-06 20:11

Rank in 198759 / 166among M6+

Rank since 19004383 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×6approx.

89 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 52.96, 159.97

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1952 M9.0M9.0

2025 M8.8M8.8

1923 M8.4M8.4

1959 M7.9M7.9

1997 M7.8M7.8

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

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.2 1983-07-24	1983-07-24 23:07	180 km	82 km N of Yelizovo, Russia
M6.0 1976-02-03	1976-02-03 23:57	33 km	188 km SE of Atlasovo, Russia
M6.0 1976-01-06	1976-01-06 21:08	33 km	160 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.2 1975-04-06	1975-04-06 10:34	33 km	132 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.2 1975-04-06	1975-04-06 09:55	33 km	146 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.0 1973-06-11	1973-06-11 08:42	30 km	208 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.1 1973-04-12	1973-04-12 13:49	52 km	94 km SE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.1 1973-03-04	1973-03-04 17:57	32 km	151 km SE of Atlasovo, Russia
M7.3 1971-11-24	1971-11-24 19:35	126 km	51 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.0 1970-02-06	1970-02-06 00:11	21 km	195 km SSE 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.