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M6.9 earthquake, Russia, 1999-03-08

MagnitudeM6.9mwc
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Depth57 km
Time (UTC)1999-03-08 12:25
Rank in 199919 / 135among M6+
Rank since 19001932 / 14,458
Energy vs an M6×22approx.

123 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia · 52.06, 159.52

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M6.4 1998-06-011998-06-01 05:3444 km96 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.0 1998-05-271998-05-27 20:4160 km107 km SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.1 1997-12-061997-12-06 10:5933 km228 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia
M6.4 1997-12-051997-12-05 18:4833 km220 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.1 1996-06-301996-06-30 11:3233 km164 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.2 1996-06-221996-06-22 14:5033 km179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.7 1996-06-211996-06-21 13:5720 km159 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.6 1996-01-011996-01-01 09:5733 km106 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia
M6.0 1995-09-301995-09-30 10:4745 km87 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.0 1995-04-011995-04-01 05:5030 km85 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, 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.