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Historic Earthquake
1969 Russia Earthquake
22 November 1969 · Off Kamchatka · Russia
On 22 November 1969 at 23:09 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Russia (Off Kamchatka), at a depth of 51 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 52 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 22 November 1969
- Time
- 23:09 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 51 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (15.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Bliznetsy (139 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2018Off Kamchatka · M 7.3
- 1984Kamchatka · M 7.0
- 1971Off Kamchatka, Shemya · M 7.8
- 1936Near Kamchatka · M 7.3
- 1923Near Kamchatka · M 7.218 deaths
- 1917Kamchatka · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth