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Historic Earthquake
1915 Russia Earthquake
1 May 1915 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 1 May 1915 at 05:00 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 31 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (subduction zone). It is the 77th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 1 May 1915
- Time
- 05:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 25 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Srednii (172 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20202020 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.5
- 2009Kuril Islands · M 7.4
- 20072007 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.1
- 20062006 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1922Kuril Islands · M 7.5
- 1913Kuril Islands · M 7.7
- 1913Kuril Islands · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth