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Historic Earthquake
1918 Kuril Islands Earthquake and Tsunami
7 September 1918 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 7 September 1918 at 17:16 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 69 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 23 people and injured 7. It is the 35th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 7 September 1918
- Time
- 17:16 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 23
- Injuries
- 7
- Homes Damaged
- 19
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (12.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Kuril Arc at 46.3°N (101 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20072007 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.1
- 20062006 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1995Kuril Islands, Iturup · M 7.9
- 1963Kuril Islands · M 7.9
- 19631963 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.5
- 19581958 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1918Kuril Islands · M 7.8
- 1908Kuril Islands · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth