2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake
UTC time | 2013-05-24 05:44:48 |
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ISC event | 603007131 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | 24 May 2013 |
Local time | 15:44 |
Magnitude | 8.3 Mw[1] |
Depth | 609 km (378 mi) |
Epicenter | 54°53′31″N 153°13′16″E / 54.892°N 153.221°E |
Areas affected | Russia |
Max. intensity | MMI V (Moderate) JMA 3 |
Casualties | None |
The 2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake occurred with a
Earthquake
The earthquake had a
A related aftershock with a magnitude Mw 6.7 occurred at 02:56 local time (14:52 UTC on 24 May), 9 hours after the earthquake, producing a supershear earthquake. It was an extremely deep (640 km or 400 mi) supershear as well as unusually fast at "eight kilometers per second (five miles per second), nearly 50 percent faster than the shear wave velocity at that depth".[8]
Impact
In Moscow, the shaking caused almost 900 residents to be evacuated from their homes.[9] In the city, small cracks appeared in several buildings.[7] In Samara, a poorly constructed house collapsed and seventeen others were slightly damaged, despite the shaking being so weak there.[7] In Saint Petersburg, one person had to be medically cared for in an office block due to nausea caused by the swaying building.[7] In Yakutsk, 1,500 km from the epicenter, a bridge cracked.[7] In Heilongjiang, China, a school was evacuated due to the shaking.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b ANSS. "M8.3 - Sea of Okhotsk". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ Землетрясение в Охотском море потрясло Москву (in Russian). РИА Новости. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ "時事ドットコム". Archived from the original on 2013-06-25.
- ^ "俄罗斯海域发生8.2级地震 江苏多地网友称有震感_资讯频道_凤凰网". Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ^ "Atyrau shaken by earthquake (Updated) — news on Ak Zhaik".
- ^ В Охотском море произошло мощное землетрясение (in Russian). РИА "Сахалин—Курилы". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ a b c d e f "Huge earthquake in the Ochotsk Sea (Russia) - Noticeable in Japan, India and Moscow - Damage reports from Western Russia" (in German). 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Researchers find evidence of super-fast deep earthquake". Phys.org. July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ "New earthquake in Okhotsk Sea, magnitude 6.8". Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
External links
- Seismologists puzzle over largest deep earthquake ever recorded – University of California, Santa Cruz
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.