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Historic Earthquake
1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake
6 November 1958 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 6 November 1958 at 22:58 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 40 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 109 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. It is the 39th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 6 November 1958
- Time
- 22:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 40 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (5.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Odamoisan [Tebenkov] (74 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1995Kuril Islands, Iturup · M 7.9
- 19941994 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.311 deaths
- 19691969 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.2
- 1963Kuril Islands · M 7.9
- 19631963 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.5
- 1918Kuril Islands · M 7.8
- 19181918 Kuril Islands Earthquake and Tsunami · M 8.323 deaths
- 1900Kuril Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth