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Historic Earthquake
1916 Russia Earthquake
31 October 1916 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 31 October 1916 at 15:30 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 328 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 31 October 1916
- Time
- 15:30 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Russia
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth