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Historic Earthquake
1936 Russia Earthquake
13 November 1936 · Near Kamchatka · Russia
On 13 November 1936 at 12:31 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Russia (Near Kamchatka). It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 5 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 13 November 1936
- Time
- 12:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19971997 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.8
- 1971Off Kamchatka, Shemya · M 7.8
- 1927Kamchatka · M 7.5
- 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