April 1923 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami

The earthquake occurred at 02:31 local time on 14 April off the northern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the USSR, now Russia. Fifteen minutes later an 11 m wave advanced onshore, washing away structures at a nearby settlement and running 7 km upstream on the Kamchatka River.

Date and time (UTC)

1923-04-13T15:31

Highest recorded water height (m)

20

Cause, as the catalogue records it

earthquake

Magnitude of the causing earthquake

7.2

NCEI event page

www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/1517

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, kamchatka, ussr

Coordinates: 56.5, 162.5

Part of Tsunamis with waves of 15 metres or more from 1900 to 1949

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