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Historic Earthquake
2012 Okhotsk Sea Earthquake
14 August 2012 · Sakhalin Island · Russia
On 14 August 2012 at 02:59 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Russia (Sakhalin Island), at a depth of 583 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 173 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 14 August 2012
- Time
- 02:59 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 583 km
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1907Sea of Okhotsk · M 7.9
- 1902Sea of Okhotsk · M 8.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth