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The February 1923 Kamchatka earthquake occurred on 3 February 1923. The epicenter was on the southeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The earthquake triggered a tsunami with wave heights up to eight metres, causing damage as far away as Hawaii. [2] The maximum perceived Mercalli intensity was XI (Extreme). [3]
Russian SFSR, off the east coast of Kamchatka: 7.2: 35.0: Foreshock. 3 [6] [7] [8] Russian SFSR, eastern Kamchatka: 8.4: 15.0: XI The February 1923 Kamchatka earthquake generated a large tsunami which caused some damage. Three deaths were reported. Two were in Russia with the third being in Hawaii. Damage costs were $1.5 million (1923 rate). 3: ...
On February 3, 1923, an estimated magnitude 8.3–8.5 M w earthquake with an approximate location of triggered a 25-foot tsunami that caused considerable damage in Kamchatka, with a reported 3 deaths [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The tsunami was still 6 meters (20 feet) high when it reached Hawaii, causing at least one fatality. [ 7 ]
On April 13, 1923, at 15:31 UTC, an earthquake occurred off the northern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the USSR, present-day Russia.The earthquake had a surface-wave magnitude (M s ) of 6.8–7.3 and an estimated moment magnitude (M w ) of 7.0–8.2.
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But the Kamchatka branch of Russia's emergency ministry reported that there was no threat of tsunami and that the recorded aftershocks from the quake ranged in their magnitude from 3.9 to 5.0.
The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the Sagamihara area southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 1, 1923, just before noon triggered a widespread inferno in the region, causing most of the victims to ...