November 4, 1737 Earthquake: Off Kamchatka, Russia
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Off Kamchatka, Russia on November 4, 1737 at 08:00 UTC, 20 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- November 4, 1737
- Time
- 08:00 UTC
- Place
- Off Kamchatka, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Focal depth
- 20 km (12 mi)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 55.500° N, 163.000° E
- Country
- Russia
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 13, 1923, Near Kamchatka, Russia
- February 3, 1923, Kamchatka, Russia
- April 15, 1791, Kamchatka, Russia
- December 15, 1971, Off Kamchatka, Shemya, Attu, Russia
- September 21, 1937, Kamchatka, Russia
- February 24, 1923, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
- November 13, 1936, Near Kamchatka, Russia
- December 28, 1984, Kamchatka, Russia
- December 5, 1997, Ust-Kamchatsk, Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia
- June 26, 2019, Off Kamchatka, Russia
- January 27, 1949, Kamchatka, Russia
- January 30, 1917, Kamchatka, Russia
- August 17, 1983, Near East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia
- December 20, 2018, Off Kamchatka, Russia
- June 30, 1936, Komandorsky Island, Russia
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1270.