M4.1 earthquake 84 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 84 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia on Sun, Mar 13, 1983, 10:05 PM GMT+12 (10:05 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 74 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-03-13 10:05:45 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.326° N, 157.566° E
- Region
- Russia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.974 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia · 15900 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.877 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia · 15899 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.784 km SW of Paratunka, Russia · 15898 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.6Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · 15896 days ago · 90 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 4.482 km SW of Paratunka, Russia · 15900 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.678 km SW of Paratunka, Russia · 15900 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.286 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia · 15900 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.081 km SW of Paratunka, Russia · 15900 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.772 km SSW of Paratunka, Russia · 15900 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.426 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia · 15900 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.678 km SW of Paratunka, Russia · 15900 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001tmf. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.