October 27, 1959 Earthquake: Kamchatka, Russia
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Kamchatka, Russia on October 27, 1959 at 06:52:51 UTC, 70 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- October 27, 1959
- Time
- 06:52:51 UTC
- Place
- Kamchatka, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.2 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 70 km (43 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.890° N, 151.110° E
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Kamchatka and Kuril Islands
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #223 Kondorskaya, N.V., and N.V. Shebalin, editors (1982). New catalog of strong earthquakes in the U.S.S.R. from ancient times through 1977. Report SE-31, World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, NOAA, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 608 p.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 7, 1918, Kuril Islands, Russia
- June 29, 1780, Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 19, 1967, Kuril Islands, Russia
- December 22, 1991, Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Russia
- April 19, 2013, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 11, 1956, Kuril Islands, Russia
- June 21, 1847, Kuril Islands, Russia
- January 19, 1913, Kuril Islands, Russia
- August 17, 1961, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 20, 1963, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 6, 1908, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 24, 1922, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 8, 1918, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 13, 1963, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 15, 2006, Kuril Islands, Russia
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 6386. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem883175, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.