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Historic Earthquake
1969 Kuril Islands Earthquake
11 August 1969 · Shikotan Island, Kurilskiye · Russia
On 11 August 1969 at 21:26 UTC, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Russia (Shikotan Island, Kurilskiye), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 56 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. It is the 60th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 11 August 1969
- Time
- 21:26 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Depth
- 30 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (5.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Berutarubesan [Berutarube] (123 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
- 19731973 Nemuro Earthquake · M 7.727 deaths
- 1963Kuril Islands · M 7.9
- 19631963 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.5
- 19581958 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1904Hokkaido · M 7.6
- 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