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Historic Earthquake
1900 Russia Earthquake
25 December 1900 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 25 December 1900 at 05:09 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 40 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 91 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 25 December 1900
- Time
- 05:09 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 40 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Tomariyama [Golovnin] (102 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20032003 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.32 deaths
- 19941994 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.311 deaths
- 19731973 Nemuro Earthquake · M 7.727 deaths
- 19691969 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.2
- 19581958 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 1919Off East Coast of Honshu · M 7.6
- 1904Hokkaido · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth