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Historic Earthquake
1927 Crimean Earthquakes
11 September 1927 · Crimea, Sebastopol · Ukraine
On 11 September 1927 at 22:15 UTC, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Ukraine (Crimea, Sebastopol), at a depth of 17 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 361 km from its boundary with the Anatolian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 11 people and injured 122.
- Date
- 11 September 1927
- Time
- 22:15 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Depth
- 17 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 122
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Ukraine
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth