February 1923 Kamchatka earthquake
Kamchatka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |
| Max. intensity | MMI XI (Extreme) |
|---|---|
| Foreshocks | 7.2 Mw (USGS) 1923-02-02 |
| Casualties | 3 |
The February 1923 Kamchatka earthquake occurred on 3 February 1923. The
Mercalli intensity was XI (Extreme).[3]
The tsunami caused two deaths in Kamchatka and one in Hawaii.
The earthquake happened 26 years before the U.S. had the capability to issue tsunami warnings, but Thomas Jaggar, the director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, tried to warn the Hilo harbormaster about the possibility of a tsunami. His warning was not taken seriously and one fisherman was killed when the tsunami hit.[4]
In April that same year, a smaller Ms
7.2 earthquake struck north of where the February earthquake was. It generated a much larger tsunami with run-ups of up to 30 meters, killing at least 36 people.[5] This earthquake is considered a doublet of the April event because its moment magnitude was recalculated to be at ~8.0.[6]
See also
- List of earthquakes in 1923
- Kamchatka earthquake
References
- ^ M8.4 - near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia United States Geological Survey
- ^ "Comments for the Tsunami Event". NGDC/WDS Tsunami Event Database. National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ PTWC History
- ^ Borisov V.I. (2002). "Forgotten Tragedy". kamchatsky-krai.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- doi:10.5194/nhess-18-335-2018. Retrieved 5 June 2021.)
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External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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