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Historic Earthquake
1959 Russia Earthquake
18 June 1959 · Near Kamchatka · Russia
On 18 June 1959 at 15:31 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Russia (Near Kamchatka), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 154 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 18 June 1959
- Time
- 15:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Bolshoi Semiachik (56 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20252025 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.81 deaths
- 19591959 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.21 deaths
- 19521952 Severo-Kurilsk Tsunami · M 9.010,000 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