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2006 Kuril Islands Earthquake
15 November 2006 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 15 November 2006 at 11:14 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 73 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. It is the 45th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 15 November 2006
- Time
- 11:14 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 10 km
- Injuries
- 1
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (21.9 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Uratman (97 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20072007 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.1
- 1991Kamchatka, Kuril Islands · M 7.6
- 1963Kuril Islands · M 7.9
- 1956Kuril Islands · M 7.6
- 1918Kuril Islands · M 7.8
- 19181918 Kuril Islands Earthquake and Tsunami · M 8.323 deaths
- 1915Kuril Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Kuril Islands · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth