What the records say
- When
- 17 May 1841
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 52.00° N, 158.00° E
- Max water height m
- 15
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.4
- Runups
- 7
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1841 Kamchatka earthquake
Earthquake in present-day Russia
The 1841 Kamchatka earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean on May 17 at 08:00 local time. The earthquake had an epicenter off the Russian Far East's Kamchatka Peninsula. With an estimated moment magnitude of 9.0 or higher, it is one of the largest to strike the region. A large tsunami with a run-up height of up to 15 metres (49 ft) struck the coast.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page