- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 21, 1952 CE
- Location:
- 153 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
- Magnitude:
- 5.63 Mw
- Depth:
- 25.9 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.63
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.88
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.15
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.36
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.05
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.13
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 5.6 - 153 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia (1952 CE) happen?
- November 21, 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.