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Historic Earthquake
1923 Russia Earthquake
24 February 1923 · Kamchatka Peninsula · Russia
On 24 February 1923 at 07:34 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 85 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 24 February 1923
- Time
- 07:34 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 20 km
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Vysoky (104 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2025Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.8
- 19971997 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.8
- 1971Off Kamchatka, Shemya · M 7.8
- 19521952 Severo-Kurilsk Tsunami · M 9.010,000 deaths
- 1927Kamchatka · M 7.5
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
- 1917Kamchatka · M 7.8
- 1905Komandorsky Island · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth