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1927 Crimean earthquakes

1927 CE · Ukraine, Europe · Disaster

1927 Crimean earthquakes
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The 1927 Crimean earthquakes occurred in the month of June and again in September in the waters of the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula. Each of the submarine earthquakes in the sequence triggered tsunami. The June event was moderate relative to the large September 11 event, which had at least one aftershock that also generated a tsunami.

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