Earthquake — Russia: Kamchatka Peninsula

When

4 Nov 1952

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

9.0

Where

Russia

Coordinates

52.76° N, 160.06° E

Deaths

10000

Damage musd

1

Intensity mmi

7

Depth km

22

Fifth most powerful on record; in Russia

The 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Mw 8.8–9.0 earthquake occurred on 5 November 1952 at 04:58 local time, triggering a major tsunami that struck the Kuril Islands and the Kamchatka Peninsula within the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 9.0 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake hits the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Soviet Union with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Северо-Курильское цунами: уничтожен город Северо-Курильск, погибли 2336 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la península de Kamchatka, Rusia, se registra un terremoto de 9,0 que provoca una serie de tsunamis que dejan más de 2.300 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “マグニチュード9.0のカムチャツカ地震発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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