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Historic Earthquake
1922 Russia Earthquake
24 October 1922 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 24 October 1922 at 21:21 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 90 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 180 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 24 October 1922
- Time
- 21:21 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 90 km
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Zavaritzki Caldera (15 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
- 1963Kuril Islands · M 7.9
- 19631963 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.5
- 1918Kuril Islands · M 7.8
- 19181918 Kuril Islands Earthquake and Tsunami · M 8.323 deaths
- 1915Kuril Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Kuril Islands · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth