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Historic Earthquake
1927 Russia Earthquake
28 December 1927 · Kamchatka · Russia
On 28 December 1927 at 18:20 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Russia (Kamchatka), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 180 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 28 December 1927
- Time
- 18:20 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 35 km
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (2.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Tolbachik (26 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2025Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.8
- 2025Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.4
- 19971997 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.8
- 1971Off Kamchatka, Shemya · M 7.8
- 1943Kamchatka · M 7.6
- 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