December 20, 2018 Tsunami: Kamchatka, Russia
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake began at Kamchatka, Russia on December 20, 2018 at 17:01:55 UTC.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- December 20, 2018, 17:01:55 UTC
- Source
- Kamchatka, Russia
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 7.3, 17 km deep
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Warning
- Local Tsunami Warning issued by a regional or national warning center
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 55.100° N, 164.699° E
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #13589 (accessed 20 Aug 2024) lists a tsunami generated but not data of actual observations.
Reference #12345 lists as “questionable tsunami” (validity 2)
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Sources
Tsunami events and runups 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 tsunami event 5924.