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Historic Earthquake
1943 Russia Earthquake
28 November 1943 · Kamchatka · Russia
On 28 November 1943 at 17:11 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Russia (Kamchatka), at a depth of 350 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 401 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 28 November 1943
- Time
- 17:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 350 km
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Khangar (42 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2025Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.4
- 2013Okhotsk Sea Earthquake · M 8.3
- 2008Sea of Okhotsk · M 7.7
- 1959Near Kamchatka · M 7.0
- 1927Kamchatka · M 7.5
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth