What the records say
- When
- 17 Oct 1737
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Coordinates
- 52.50° N, 159.50° E
- Description
- en Rusia, la península de Kamchatka es sacudida por un violentísimo terremoto de 9,3, generando un tsunami con olas que alcanzaron los 70 metros de altura.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Terremoto de Kamchatka de 1737.
1737 Kamchatka earthquake
Earthquake in present-day Russia
The 1737 Kamchatka earthquake occurred on October 17 near the southern tip of present-day Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. The shock was felt at approximately 03:00 local time or 16:00 UTC by residents on the peninsula and Kuril Islands. The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of roughly 40 km beneath the peninsula with an estimated magnitude of 9.0–9.3 on the moment magnitude scale.
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