Earthquake details

Saturday, May 1, 1915 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Saturday, May 1, 1915 at 05:00 UTC with a magnitude of 7.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia - RU), about 579.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 155.000 and latitude 48.392.

Magnitude 7.8
Alert Extreme
Depth 30.0 km
Coordinates 48.392, 155.000
UTC time 1915-05-01 05:00:10.260
Location 266 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk
Country Russia (RU)
Severity Extreme

Earthquake map 1915-05-01

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