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The 9.0 M w earthquake occurred on 5 November 1952 at 04:58 local time, triggering a major tsunami that hit Severo-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR. [5] This led to the destruction of many settlements in Sakhalin Oblast and Kamchatka Oblast , while the main impact struck the town of Severo-Kurilsk.
Map of earthquakes occurring in and around Russia since 1900. Most of this seismicity is in the Kamchatka area. Many major earthquakes have occurred in the region of the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. Events in 1737, 1923 and 1952, were megathrust earthquakes and caused tsunamis.
Some of the largest Russian earthquakes since the latter half of the 20th century are the 1958/1963 and 2006/2007 earthquakes in the Kuril Islands near Japan, as well as the 1952/1959 earthquakes in the Kamchatka Peninsula, all of which were ≥ 8.0 M. See also the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.
Two major earthquakes occurred in 1952; in March a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Japan resulting in a robust aftershock sequence. Then in November, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake rocked the Kamchatka area of Russia, causing a major tsunami. This event was the largest and deadliest of the year; it was also one of the largest of all time.
November 4, 1952: Kamchatka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union: 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake: 9.0 6 January 31, 1906: Ecuador – Colombia 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake: 8.8 6 February 27, 2010: Maule, Chile 2010 Chile earthquake: 8.8 7 February 3, 1965: Rat Islands, Alaska, United States 1965 Rat Islands earthquake: 8.7 8 August 15, 1950
Map of earthquake locations, showing depth contours on top of downgoing slab. At the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, the Pacific plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk microplate, a microplate formerly considered to be part of the North American plate.
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