April 1923 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami
id:
april-1923-kamchatka-earthquake-and-tsunami-257-17008562
title:
April 1923 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami
text:
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 (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. Both earthquakes were tsunamigenic although the latter generated wave heights far exceeding that of the one in February. After two
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
April 1923 earthquake and tsunami in Russia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1923_Kamchatka_earthquake_and_tsunami
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-27T00:41:53Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q107124413","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q107124413"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14