What the records say
- When
- 4 May 1959
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Where
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 52.50° N, 159.50° E
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 13
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 60
1959 Kamchatka earthquake
Earthquake in 1959 located in Kamchatka
The 1959 Kamchatka earthquake occurred on May 4 at 19:15 local time with a moment magnitude of 8.0–8.3, and a surface wave magnitude of 8.25. The epicenter was near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian SFSR, USSR. Building damage was reported in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The maximum intensity was VIII (Damaging) on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale. The intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was about VIII MSK.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page