November 18, 1742 Earthquake: Kuril Islands, Russia
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Russia on November 18, 1742, 40 km below the surface. It caused a tsunami.
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 18, 1742
- Place
- Kuril Islands, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Focal depth
- 40 km (25 mi)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 50.500° N, 157.000° E
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Kamchatka and Kuril Islands
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
November 1742. Poromuair one of the Kurile islands. (reference #1879)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1182 Latter, J.H. (1969). Natural Disasters, Advancement of Science 25 (126), p. 362-380.
- #1879 Mallet, Robert and John Wm. Mallet (1858). The Earthquake Catalogue of the British Association. Transactions of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1852 to 1858, Reports 3 and 4, Taylor and Francis, London, 800 pages.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 16, 1737, Kamchatka, Russia
- February 28, 1973, Kuril Islands, Hiroo, Urakawa, Russia
- December 17, 1737, Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 17, 1953, Kuril Islands, Russia
- January 10, 1961, Kamchatka, Russia
- June 8, 1993, Kamchatka, Russia
- September 17, 1958, Kuril Islands, Russia
- May 4, 1911, Near Kamchatka, Russia
- January 13, 1929, Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 25, 2020, Kuril Islands, Russia
- May 17, 1841, Off Kamchatka, Russia
- November 13, 1993, Kamchatka, 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 1286.