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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.
The 1997 Kamchatka earthquake, or 1997 Kronotsky earthquake, occurred on December 5 at 11:26 UTC near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. [2] It was an M w 7.7 (7.6–7.8) earthquake and was felt with intensity MM V in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.
Russia, Kamchatka offshore VII (Very strong) 70.6 June 8: 5 7.2 1 Mexico, Chiapas offshore VII (Very strong) 34.1 September 10: 6 7.1 0 Solomon Islands, Temotu offshore III (Weak) 20.4 March 6: 7 7.0 0 Philippines, Mindanao offshore VI (Strong) 58.7 May 11: 7 7.0 0 Argentina, Jujuy: V (Moderate) 221.0 May 24: 7 7.0 0 Afghanistan, Badakhshan: IV ...
This is a list of earthquakes in 1997. ... Russia, Kamchatka: 7.8 33.0 VII The 1997 Kamchatka earthquake caused a tsunami with heights of about 8 m (26 ft).
The 2003 Altai earthquake, or 2003 Chuya earthquake, occurred on September 27 at 18:33:26 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The epicenter of this oblique-slip shock was in Altai Republic , Russia near the borders of Mongolia , China , and Kazakhstan .
Another fairly quiet year as far as earthquakes above magnitude 7.0. The largest of the 12 events in this threshold were magnitude 7.7 and both Japan and Mexico experienced these. The Kuril Islands in Russia had a robust series of large earthquakes in March. Iran dominated the death toll for the year. One event in September left 20,000 dead.
This is a list of earthquakes in 1973. ... Russia and New Hebrides were active during the year with each country having 2 magnitude 7.0+ events. Nearly 3,000 deaths ...
The 2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 8.3 at 15:44:49 local time (05:44:49 UTC) on 24 May. [1] It had an epicenter in the Sea of Okhotsk and affected primarily (but not only) Asian Russia, especially the Kamchatka Peninsula where the shaking lasted for five minutes.