The impacts of the M W 8.3 Sea of Okhotsk earthquake of May 24, 2013 in Kamchatka and worldwide

Abstract

A deep-focus magnitude M W 8.3 earthquake occurred off the Kamchatka Peninsula on May 24, 2013. This was named the “Sea-of-Okhotsk” event. The earthquake has attracted special attention because, among other issues, it was felt uncommonly far from the epicenter, to distances of nearly 10000 km. The present paper reports its felt effects for the area around the epicenter and worldwide. We quote peak acceleration values at many stations in Kamchatka and worldwide as derived from instrumental recordings at digital seismograph stations in the Russian Far East and from those due to the Global Seismographic Network (GSN). We discuss features that are present in the instrumental records of the Sea-of-Okhotsk earthquake.