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Historic Earthquake
1929 Russia Earthquake
13 January 1929 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 13 January 1929 at 00:03 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 140 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 206 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 13 January 1929
- Time
- 00:03 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 140 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Nemo Peak (26 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20202020 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.5
- 1993Kamchatka · M 7.5
- 1973Kuril Islands, Hiroo · M 7.2
- 1913Kuril Islands · M 7.7
- 1911Near Kamchatka · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth