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Historic Earthquake
February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake
3 February 1923 · Kamchatka · Russia
On 3 February 1923 at 16:01 UTC, a magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck Russia (Kamchatka), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 179 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 3 people. It is the 21st most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 3 February 1923
- Time
- 16:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.4
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 3
- Estimated Damage
- 2 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (8.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Kikhpinych (14 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20252025 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.81 deaths
- 19591959 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.21 deaths
- 19521952 Severo-Kurilsk Tsunami · M 9.010,000 deaths
- 1917Kamchatka · M 7.8
- 1905Komandorsky Island · M 7.8
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 7.9
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 8.3
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth