What the records say
- When
- 13 Apr 1923
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Where
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 56.50° N, 162.50° E
- Deaths
- 18
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 20
April 1923 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami
On April 14, 1923, at 02:31 local time, an earthquake occurred off the northern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the USSR, present-day Russia. The earthquake had a surface-wave magnitude (Ms) of 6.8–7.3 and an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.0–8.2. This event came just two months after a slightly larger earthquake with an epicenter struck south of the April event.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page