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Historic Earthquake
1900 Kodiak Earthquake
9 October 1900 · Kodiak Island · United States of America
On 9 October 1900 at 12:25 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the United States of America (Kodiak Island). It occurred on the North American Plate, 138 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It is the 25th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 9 October 1900
- Time
- 12:25 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W (144 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20182018 Gulf of Alaska Earthquake · M 7.9
- 20162016 Old Iliamna Earthquake · M 7.1
- 1912Alaska Peninsula · M 7.5
- 1906Aleutian Islands · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth