February 24, 1923 Earthquake: Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia on February 24, 1923 at 07:34:00 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
- February 24, 1923
- Time
- 07:34:00 UTC
- Place
- Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Focal depth
- 20 km (12 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 55.000° N, 162.400° 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 13, 1923, Near Kamchatka, Russia
- February 3, 1923, Kamchatka, Russia
- December 5, 1997, Ust-Kamchatsk, Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia
- November 4, 1737, Off Kamchatka, Russia
- January 27, 1949, Kamchatka, Russia
- November 13, 1936, Near Kamchatka, Russia
- September 21, 1937, Kamchatka, Russia
- December 2, 1790, Near Kamchatka, Russia
- August 22, 1792, Near Kamchatka, Russia
- April 15, 1791, Kamchatka, Russia
- August 17, 1983, Near East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia
- December 15, 1971, Off Kamchatka, Shemya, Attu, Russia
- December 20, 2018, Off Kamchatka, Russia
- December 28, 1984, 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 3215.