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Historic Earthquake
1901 Russia Earthquake
5 April 1901 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 5 April 1901 at 22:30 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 176 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 5 April 1901
- Time
- 22:30 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 30 km
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Odamoisan [Tebenkov] (7 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1995Kuril Islands, Iturup · M 7.9
- 19941994 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.311 deaths
- 19691969 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.2
- 1963Kuril Islands · M 7.9
- 19631963 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.5
- 19581958 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 19181918 Kuril Islands Earthquake and Tsunami · M 8.323 deaths
- 1900Kuril Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth