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Historic Earthquake
1905 Russia Earthquake
15 September 1905 · Komandorsky Island · Russia
On 15 September 1905 at 06:02 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Russia (Komandorsky Island), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 104 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 15 September 1905
- Time
- 06:02 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Russia
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth