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Historic Earthquake
1963 Kuril Islands Earthquake
13 October 1963 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 13 October 1963 at 05:17 UTC, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 13 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 92 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. It is the 17th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 13 October 1963
- Time
- 05:17 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.5
- Depth
- 13 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (4.5 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Moyorodake [Medvezhia] (102 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
- 19581958 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1918Kuril Islands · M 7.8
- 19181918 Kuril Islands Earthquake and Tsunami · M 8.323 deaths
- 1908Kuril Islands · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth