- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 28, 1952 CE
- Location:
- southern East Pacific Rise
- Magnitude:
- 6.17 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 km
Other earthquake records of 1952 CE
- Russia, Kamchatka Peninsula · Mw 9 · 10,000 deaths
- Turkey, Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzurum · Mw 5.7 · 103 deaths
- Turkey, Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzincan · 94 deaths
- China, Tibet (Xizang Province) · 54 deaths
- Japan, Hokkaido · Mw 8.1 · 33 deaths
- Costa Rica · 29 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.2 - southern East Pacific Rise (1952 CE) happen?
- August 28, 1952 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.