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The 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.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]
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.
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.
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
The tremors in the area may be a prelude to an even stronger earthquake in southeastern Kamchatka, Russian scientists warned. The Institute of Volcanology said a potential second quake could come ...
The 1952 event was the most recent of the great earthquakes (M w 8.5+) along the Kuril-Kamchatka trench, and measured M w 9.0. [11] The resulting tsunami from this earthquake generated runups up to 18 m (59 ft) high.
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