1841 Kamchatka earthquake
The rupture occurred in the Pacific at 08:00 local time on 17 May and was associated with thrust faulting on the subduction zone near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The wave it sent across the ocean is the first historically recorded tsunami in Hawaii traced to a Kamchatkan source.
- Date and time (UTC)
- 1841-05-17T21:30
- Highest recorded water height (m)
- 15
- Cause, as the catalogue records it
- earthquake
- Magnitude of the causing earthquake
- 8.4
- NCEI event page
- www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/723
Category: Disasters & Incidents
Tags: earthquake, subduction zone, kamchatka, pacific
Coordinates: 52, 158
Part of Tsunamis with waves of 15 metres or more from 1800 to 1899
More in Tsunamis with waves of 15 metres or more from 1800 to 1899
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- 1854 Tōkai earthquake
- 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes
- 1853 Lituya Bay landslide and tsunami
- 1867 Keelung earthquake
- 1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami
- 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami
- 1820 Flores Sea earthquake and tsunami
- 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami
- 1868 Arica earthquake
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