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Historic Earthquake
1923 Russia Earthquake
13 April 1923 · Near Kamchatka · Russia
On 13 April 1923 at 15:31 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Russia (Near Kamchatka), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 11 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 18 people.
- Date
- 13 April 1923
- Time
- 15:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 20 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 18
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (20.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Sheveluch (72 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19971997 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.8
- 1971Off Kamchatka, Shemya · M 7.8
- 1969Off Kamchatka · M 7.3
- 1936Near Kamchatka · M 7.3
- 1927Kamchatka · M 7.5
- 1923Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.7
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
- 1917Kamchatka · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth