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Historic Earthquake
1936 Russia Earthquake
30 June 1936 · Komandorsky Island · Russia
On 30 June 1936 at 15:06 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Russia (Komandorsky Island), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 11 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 30 June 1936
- Time
- 15:06 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 20 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Piip (155 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Komandorski Islands Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19971997 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.8
- 1971Off Kamchatka, Shemya · M 7.8
- 1923Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.7
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
- 1917Kamchatka · M 7.8
- 1915Off Kamchatka · M 7.3
- 1905Komandorsky Island · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth