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M8.3 earthquake, 2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake, 2013-05-24

MagnitudeM8.3mww

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Depth598 km

Time (UTC)2013-05-24 05:44

Rank in 20131 / 142among M6+

Rank since 190030 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×2,818approx.

2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake · 54.89, 153.22

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

None

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2013 M8.3M8.3

2008 M7.7M7.7

2008 M7.3M7.3

1943 M6.8M6.8

1906 M6.7M6.7

2013 M6.7M6.7

2018 M6.7M6.7

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 2009-12-10	2009-12-10 02:30	656 km	Sea of Okhotsk
M7.3 2008-11-24	2008-11-24 09:02	492 km	284 km WSW of Mil’kovo, Russia
M7.7 2008-07-05	2008-07-05 02:12	633 km	Sea of Okhotsk
M6.1 1988-08-14	1988-08-14 10:56	645 km	Sea of Okhotsk
M6.4 1964-03-18	1964-03-18 04:37	428 km	229 km WNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.8 1943-11-28	1943-11-28 17:11	15 km	147 km WNW of Mil’kovo, Russia
M6.7 1906-10-08	1906-10-08 04:53	200 km	221 km WNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.