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Kamchatka earthquakes were a pair of megathrust earthquakes occurring off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia on October 16, 1737, and on November 4, 1952, in the magnitude of ~9.3 and 9.0 respectively, with resulting tsunamis following. Both earthquakes occurred at approximately the same location where the Pacific Plate subducts the Okhotsk Plate at the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. The depth of the trench at the point of the earthquakes is 7000 - 7500 meters. The epicenter of the 1737 earthquake was located at 52.5°N and 159.5°E. This earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 km. The epicenter of the 1952 earthquake was located at 52.75°N and 159.5°E. This earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km and the length of the subduction zone fracture was 600 km.
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- 2006 Kamchatka earthquakes
- List of earthquakes
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