M8.3 Earthquake — 2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake

A magnitude 8.3 (great) earthquake struck 2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake on 2013-05-24 05:44 UTC, at a depth of 598 km. See it live on Earth Live's real-time 3D globe.

USGS PAGER green: low likelihood of casualties or damage — the USGS estimate of human and economic impact.

This is the USGS oceanic-region flag. It is not a tsunami warning. For official alerts check tsunami.gov and your national authority.

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Source: USGS event page. The TNT equivalent is computed from the magnitude with the standard Gutenberg–Richter energy relation; all other figures are USGS's own.

This area's earthquake history

In the year before this quake, USGS recorded 2 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more within 300 km.

Strongest recorded within 300 km since 1900:

• M7.7 — Sea of Okhotsk · 2008-07-05
• M7.3 — 284 km WSW of Mil’kovo, Russia · 2008-11-24
• M6.8 — 147 km WNW of Mil’kovo, Russia · 1943-11-28

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