Earthquake of magnitude 8.8, which occurred off the east coast of Russia in the Kamchatka Peninsula area, was included in the ten most powerful seismic events ever recorded in the world, and reminded of other destructive disasters in history. countries, like the United States and Japan, have become the largest earthquake in the region since 1952. Then in the Kamchatka Territory a powerful earthquake of magnitude 9 also occurred, as a result of which tsunami with a wave height of up to 9.1 meters collapsed on Hawaii, but there were no human casualties.
Anadola correspondent recalled the largest earthquakes recorded in history and their consequences. The most powerful earthquake is the 1960 catastrophe in Chile, when in the city of Val Supply, underground shocks of magnitude 9.5 were recorded. They caused the destructive tsunami, which claimed the lives of more than 1,600 people and led to many destruction.
in 1964 in Alaska, an earthquake of magnitude 9.2 occurred, which lasted almost 5 minutes. Tsunami, caused by this impetus, led to the death of about 130 people. One of the most deadly in history was an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia in 2004 – a magnitude of 9.1. Then the tsunami, which followed him, covered Southeast Asia and East Africa, taking away the life of about 230 thousand people.
in 2011 in the Japanese region of Tokhok, an earthquake of the same magnitude occurred – 9.1. It caused a powerful tsunami and an accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which led to a radiation leak. More than 18 thousand people became victims of disaster.
similar destructive earthquakes were also recorded in Chile, Ecuador, Tibet, Indonesia and Alaska. Some of them caused destructive waves of the tsunami, in other cases it was possible to avoid large -scale victims.
a new earthquake near Kamchatka became a reminder of the seismic activity in the Pacific Fire Ring zone, where such disasters can have transnational consequences. Experts warn of the possibility of repeated shocks and the preserved threat to the tsunami.