1959 Kamchatka earthquake
  Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky  | |
| UTC time | 1959-05-04 07:15:47 |
|---|---|
| ISC event | 881925 |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | May 4, 1959 |
| Local time | 19:15 |
| Magnitude | 8.0 Mw [1] |
| Depth | 35 km (22 mi) [1] |
| Epicenter | 53°22′N 159°40′E / 53.37°N 159.66°E [1] |
| Areas affected | USSR |
| Max. intensity | VIII (Damaging)[2][3] |
| Casualties | 1 killed, 13 injured [3] |
The 1959 Kamchatka earthquake occurred on May 4 at 19:15 local time with a moment magnitude of 8.0,[1] and a surface wave magnitude of 8.2. The epicenter was near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian SFSR, USSR. Building damage was reported in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.[3][4] The maximum intensity was VIII (Damaging) on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale.[2] The intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was about VIII MSK.
The earthquake triggered a tsunami with .2 meters (7.9 in) of runup that was recorded in Massacre Bay, Alaska, in the United States.[5] Subduction is active along about the southern half of the eastern coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, between its junctions with the Aleutian Islands and the Kuril Islands.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Engdahl, E. R.; Vallaseñor, A. (2002). "Global seismicity: 1900–1999". International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology (PDF). Part A, Volume 81A (First ed.). Academic Press. p. 680. ISBN 978-0124406520.
- ^ a b Klyachko, M.; Gordeev, Y.; Kolosova, F. (2002), World Housing Encyclopedia Report (PDF), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, p. 12
- ^ a b c Office of Technical Services (1959), Information on Soviet Bloc International Geophysical Cooperation – 1959, United States Department of Commerce, p. 5, archived from the original on 2012-09-28, retrieved 2019-02-17
- ^ Putintsev, Y. O. (2005), "Harbingers of landslide in Ryabikovskaya Street, 81 (Petropavlovsk–Kamchatski)", Bulletin of Kamchatka Resional Association, 6 (2): 133
- ^ The great Alaska earthquake of 1964, Vol. 5 by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake
- ^ Park, J.; Levin, V.; Brandon, M.; Lees, J.; Peyton, V.; Gordeev, E.; Ozerov, A. (2002), "A dangling slab, amplified arc volcanism, mantle flow and seismic anisotropy in the Kamchatka plate corner", Plate Boundary Zones (PDF) (First ed.), American Geophysical Union, p. 3, ISBN 978-0875905327
External links[]
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
Categories:
- 1959 earthquakes
- May 1959 events
- Megathrust earthquakes in the Soviet Union
- 1959 in the Soviet Union
- Natural disasters in the Russian Far East
- 1959 tsunamis
- History of the Kamchatka Peninsula