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Historic Earthquake
1959 Kamchatka Earthquake
4 May 1959 · Near East Coast of Kamchatka · Russia
On 4 May 1959 at 07:15 UTC, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Russia (Near East Coast of Kamchatka), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 105 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1 person and injured 13. It is the 57th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 4 May 1959
- Time
- 07:15 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Depth
- 60 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 13
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Vilyuchinsky (85 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2025Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.8
- 20252025 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.81 deaths
- 19521952 Severo-Kurilsk Tsunami · M 9.010,000 deaths
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
- 1911Near Kamchatka · M 7.6
- 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