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Historic Earthquake
1911 Russia Earthquake
4 May 1911 · Near Kamchatka · Russia
On 4 May 1911 at 23:36 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Russia (Near Kamchatka), at a depth of 240 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 288 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 4 May 1911
- Time
- 23:36 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 240 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Yavinsky (53 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1993Kamchatka · M 7.5
- 1973Kuril Islands, Hiroo · M 7.2
- 19591959 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.21 deaths
- 19521952 Severo-Kurilsk Tsunami · M 9.010,000 deaths
- 1929Kuril Islands · M 7.7
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 7.9
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 8.3
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth