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Historic Earthquake
1970 Dagestan Earthquake
14 May 1970 · Dagestan · Russia
On 14 May 1970 at 18:12 UTC, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Russia (Dagestan), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 31 people.
- Date
- 14 May 1970
- Time
- 18:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 31
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Russia
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth