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The '''1959 Kamchatka earthquake''' occurred on May 4 at {{Tooltip|19:15 local time|07:15 UTC}} with a moment magnitude of 8.0,<ref name=Engdahl/> and a surface wave magnitude of 8.2. The epicenter was near the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. Building damage was reported in [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]].<ref name=usdoc>{{citation|title=Information on Soviet Bloc International Geophysical Cooperation – 1959|url=http://nsidc.org/rocs/archives-catalog/index.php?p=digitallibrary/getfile&id=254|year=1959|author=Office of Technical Services|publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]]|page=5|access-date=2019-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928192620/http://nsidc.org/rocs/archives-catalog/index.php?p=digitallibrary%2Fgetfile&id=254|archive-date=2012-09-28|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Harbingers of landslide in Ryabikovskaya Street, 81 (Petropavlovsk–Kamchatski)|url=http://www.kscnet.ru/kraesc/2005/2005_6/ann17.html|first=Y. O.|last=Putintsev|year=2005|journal=Bulletin of Kamchatka Resional Association|volume=6|number=2|page=133}}</ref> The maximum intensity was VIII (''Damaging'') on the [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale]].<ref name=eeri>{{citation|title=World Housing Encyclopedia Report|url=http://www.eeri.org/lfe/pdf/russian_federation_small_concrete_block.pdf|year=2002|first=M.|last=Klyachko|first2=Y.|last2=Gordeev|first3=F.|last3=Kolosova|publisher=[[Earthquake Engineering Research Institute]]|page=12}}</ref> The intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was about VIII MSK.
The '''1959 Kamchatka earthquake''' occurred on May 4 at {{Tooltip|19:15 local time|07:15 UTC}} with a moment magnitude of 8.0,<ref name=Engdahl/> and a surface wave magnitude of 8.2. The epicenter was near the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. Building damage was reported in [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]].<ref name=usdoc>{{citation|title=Information on Soviet Bloc International Geophysical Cooperation – 1959|url=http://nsidc.org/rocs/archives-catalog/index.php?p=digitallibrary/getfile&id=254|year=1959|author=Office of Technical Services|publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]]|page=5|access-date=2019-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928192620/http://nsidc.org/rocs/archives-catalog/index.php?p=digitallibrary%2Fgetfile&id=254|archive-date=2012-09-28|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Harbingers of landslide in Ryabikovskaya Street, 81 (Petropavlovsk–Kamchatski)|url=http://www.kscnet.ru/kraesc/2005/2005_6/ann17.html|first=Y. O.|last=Putintsev|year=2005|journal=Bulletin of Kamchatka Resional Association|volume=6|number=2|page=133}}</ref> The maximum intensity was VIII (''Damaging'') on the [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale]].<ref name=eeri>{{citation|title=World Housing Encyclopedia Report|url=http://www.eeri.org/lfe/pdf/russian_federation_small_concrete_block.pdf|year=2002|first=M.|last=Klyachko|first2=Y.|last2=Gordeev|first3=F.|last3=Kolosova|publisher=[[Earthquake Engineering Research Institute]]|page=12}}</ref> The intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was about VIII MSK.


The earthquake triggered a tsunami with {{convert|.2|m|sp=us}} of runup that was recorded in [[Massacre Bay (Alaska)|Massacre Bay]], [[Alaska]], in the [[United States]].<ref>The great Alaska earthquake of 1964, Vol. 5 by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake</ref> 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]].<ref>{{citation|title=Plate Boundary Zones|chapter=A dangling slab, amplified arc volcanism, mantle flow and seismic anisotropy in the Kamchatka plate corner|url=http://www.unc.edu/~leesj/FETCH/GRAB/SEKS_Papers/pbz_cam.pdf|first=J.|last=Park|first2=V.|last2=Levin|first3=M.|last3=Brandon|first4=J.|last4=Lees|first5=V.|last5=Peyton|first6=E.|last6=Gordeev|first7=A.|last7=Ozerov|year=2002|publisher=[[American Geophysical Union]]|edition=First|isbn=978-0875905327|page=3}}</ref>
The earthquake triggered a tsunami with {{convert|.2|m|sp=us}} of runup that was recorded in [[Massacre Bay (Alaska)|Massacre Bay]], [[Alaska]], in the [[United States]].<ref>The great Alaska earthquake of 1964, Vol. 5 by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake</ref> 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]].<ref>{{citation|title=Plate Boundary Zones|chapter=A dangling slab, amplified arc volcanism, mantle flow and seismic anisotropy in the Kamchatka plate corner|url=http://www.unc.edu/~leesj/FETCH/GRAB/SEKS_Papers/pbz_cam.pdf|first=J.|last=Park|first2=V.|last2=Levin|first3=M.|last3=Brandon|first4=J.|last4=Lees|first5=V.|last5=Peyton|first6=E.|last6=Gordeev|first7=A.|last7=Ozerov|year=2002|publisher=[[American Geophysical Union]]|edition=First|isbn=978-0875905327|page=3}}</ref>

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1959 Kamchatka earthquake
1959 Kamchatka earthquake is located in Kamchatka Krai
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
1959 Kamchatka earthquake
UTC time1959-05-04 07:15:47
ISC event881925
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local dateMay 4, 1959 (1959-05-04)
Local time19:15
Magnitude8.0 Mw [1]
Depth35 km (22 mi) [1]
Epicenter53°22′N 159°40′E / 53.37°N 159.66°E / 53.37; 159.66 [1]
Areas affectedUSSR
Max. intensityVIII (Damaging) [2][3]
Casualties1 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Klyachko, M.; Gordeev, Y.; Kolosova, F. (2002), World Housing Encyclopedia Report (PDF), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, p. 12
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Putintsev, Y. O. (2005), "Harbingers of landslide in Ryabikovskaya Street, 81 (Petropavlovsk–Kamchatski)", Bulletin of Kamchatka Resional Association, 6 (2): 133
  5. ^ The great Alaska earthquake of 1964, Vol. 5 by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake
  6. ^ 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

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