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Historic Earthquake
1952 Severo-Kurilsk Tsunami
4 November 1952 · Kamchatka Peninsula · Russia
On 4 November 1952 at 16:58 UTC, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula), at a depth of 22 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 89 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 10,000 people. It is the 36th deadliest and the 5th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 4 November 1952
- Time
- 16:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 9.0
- Depth
- 22 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 10,000
- Estimated Damage
- 1 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (23.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Avachinsky (99 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20252025 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.81 deaths
- 19971997 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.8
- 19591959 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.21 deaths
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
- 1905Komandorsky Island · M 7.8
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 7.9
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 8.3
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth