November 22, 1969 Earthquake: Off Kamchatka, Russia
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Off Kamchatka, Russia on November 22, 1969 at 23:09:37 UTC, 51 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 22, 1969
- Time
- 23:09:37 UTC
- Place
- Off Kamchatka, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.3 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 51 km (32 mi)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 57.700° N, 163.600° 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.
The source of this earthquake was the Ozernoy Gulf region of the western Bering Sea off the northeastern coast of Kamchatka. It produced intensity VIII effects at nearby places on the coast (Ref #417). Intensity X (Ref #223).
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
More
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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 4509.