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Historic Earthquake
1997 Kamchatka Earthquake
5 December 1997 · Kamchatka, Ust-Kamchatsk · Russia
On 5 December 1997 at 11:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Russia (Kamchatka, Ust-Kamchatsk), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 97 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 5 December 1997
- Time
- 11:26 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (8.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Vysoky (85 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2025Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.8
- 20252025 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.81 deaths
- 1971Off Kamchatka, Shemya · M 7.8
- 19521952 Severo-Kurilsk Tsunami · M 9.010,000 deaths
- 1923Kamchatka Peninsula · M 7.7
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
- 1917Kamchatka · M 7.8
- 1905Komandorsky Island · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth