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Historic Earthquake
2020 Kamchatka Earthquake
25 March 2020 · Kuril Islands · Russia
On 25 March 2020 at 02:49 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Russia (Kuril Islands), at a depth of 58 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 59 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 25 March 2020
- Time
- 02:49 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 58 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Russia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1993Kamchatka · M 7.5
- 1973Kuril Islands, Hiroo · M 7.2
- 1929Kuril Islands · M 7.7
- 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