June 25, 1904 Earthquake: Off Kamchatka, Russia

Name: June 25, 1904 Earthquake: Off Kamchatka, Russia
Start: 1904-06-25
Location: Off Kamchatka, Russia

June 25, 1904 · M8.1

A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Off Kamchatka, Russia on June 25, 1904 at 21:00:36 UTC, 30 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: June 25, 1904
Time: 21:00:36 UTC
Place: Off Kamchatka, Russia
Magnitude: 8.1 (Ms)
Focal depth: 30 km (19 mi)
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Epicenter: 52.000° N, 159.000° E
Country: Russia

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Apparently these were the first tsunami-generating earthquakes in the Kurile-Kamchatka zone that were recorded by seismic stations.

B. Gutenberg and C. Richter determined the average values of the coordinates of the epicenter of 52N 150E and the following times of occurrence (Greenwich time) of the main June earthquakes: on the 25th (new style) at 14 hrs 45 min, on the 25th at 21 hrs 00 min, on the 27th at 00 hrs 09 min.

(above from Reference #413)

NOTE: See earthquake on June 25, 1904 at 1445 UTC for more information on the earthquake sequence.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1904 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1904 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 2679.