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Historic Earthquake
1971 Russia Earthquake
15 December 1971 · Off Kamchatka, Shemya · Russia
On 15 December 1971 at 08:29 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Russia (Off Kamchatka, Shemya), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 21 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 15 December 1971
- Time
- 08:29 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Sheveluch (140 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19971997 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 7.8
- 1969Off Kamchatka · M 7.3
- 1936Near Kamchatka · M 7.3
- 1927Kamchatka · M 7.5
- 1923Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.7
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
- 1917Kamchatka · M 7.8
- 1915Off Kamchatka · M 7.3
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth