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Historic Earthquake
2007 Kuril Islands Earthquake
13 January 2007 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 13 January 2007 at 04:23 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 34 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 13 January 2007
- Time
- 04:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 10 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Ushishur (192 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2009Kuril Islands · M 7.4
- 20062006 Kuril Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1991Kamchatka, Kuril Islands · M 7.6
- 1922Kuril Islands · M 7.5
- 19181918 Kuril Islands Earthquake and Tsunami · M 8.323 deaths
- 1915Kuril Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Kuril Islands · M 7.7
- 1913Kuril Islands · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth