1737 Kamchatka earthquake

Earthquake in present-day Russia 1737 Kamchatka earthquake 1737-10-16 16:00:00 yes 1737 10 17 03:00 Russia Kamchatka Krai 9.0–9.3 w y8.3–8.5 s y 40 km Kamchatka, present-day Russia Megathrust Many natives killed Yes 52.5 159.5 type:event inline, title The 1737 Kamchatka earthquake occurred on October 17 near the southern tip of present-day Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.Earthquake Information https://www.waterdamagedefense.com/pages/emergency-preparedness-earthquakes-information 2021-06-28 Water Damage Defense The shock was felt at approximately 03:00 local time or 16:00 UTC by residents on the peninsula and Kuril Islands. The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of roughly 40 km (25 miles) beneath the peninsula with an estimated magnitude of 9.0–9.3 on the moment magnitude scale. Earthquake The earthquake was associated with thrust faulting on the subduction zone marked by the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. Calculation of the earthquake magnitude using tsunami data yielded a moment magnitude of 9.3.Chubarov L.B. V. K. Gusiakov Tsunamis and earthquake mechanism in the island arc region Science of Tsunami Hazards 3 1 3–21 Studies of the earthquake have placed the moment magnitude (w) of this earthquake at 9.0 to 9.3 and the surface-wave magnitude at 8.3 to 8.5.V.K. Gusiakov Two great kamchatka tsunamis, 1737 and 1952 2000 http://bosques.ciren.cl/bitstream/handle/123456789/28986/Two%20great%20Kamchatka%20Tsunamis%2C%201737%20and%201952.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 8 July 2021 IUGG Tsunami Commission Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences 9 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190438/http://bosques.ciren.cl/bitstream/handle/123456789/28986/Two%20great%20Kamchatka%20Tsunamis%2C%201737%20and%201952.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y dead Page on tsunami associated with event from West Coast and Alaska warning center http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/web_tsus/17371016/17371016.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090515173315/http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/web_tsus/17371016/17371016.htm 2009-05-15 2009-05-20 The tsunami generated by this earthquake is thought to be the most destructive and largest ever sourced from the region, alongside the 1952 earthquake. It is thought to be similar in size or possibly larger than the 1952 earthquake.Rhett Butler David A. Burney David Walsh The orphan Sanriku tsunami of 1586: new evidence from coral dating on Kaua'i Natural Hazards 2017 88 2 797–819 10.1007/s11069-017-2902-7 2017NatHa..88..797B 134237666 https://www.higp.hawaii.edu/~rhett/PDFs/Butler_Burney_Rubin_Walsh_2017_Sanriku_Orphan_Tsunami_NATURAL_HAZARDS.pdf 8 July 2021 Descriptions Stepan Krasheninnikov, a Russian explorer, reported the effects of the earthquake in his 1755 publication Description of Kamchatka Land. According to him, the earthquake lasted 15 minutes and was extremely violent. Many homes, constructed of wood and skin, belonging to the natives were obliterated. Many aftershocks were felt even when the tsunami struck. Aftershocks continued until the spring of 1738.Significant Earthquake Information https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/6001 ngdc.noaa.gov NCEI 8 July 2021 Co-seismic deformation along the coasts was so drastic that natives could not recognize the region or locate their settlements. Along the Okhotsk Sea coast of Kamchatka, the earthquake and its effects were not noticeable. Tsunami On the northern Kuril Islands, the tsunami had an estimated height of 20 m 0, and 30 m 0 in Avacha Bay. A maximum tsunami amplitude of 12 to 16 m 0 was estimated on Amchitka based on evaluating the height where driftwood was found on the island. When Georg Wilhelm Steller, a German scientist and explorer, visited the region in 1740, he noted the bones of marine mammals and driftwood discovered well above the shoreline. Trees were also found deposited on a ridge with a height of 230 ft 0.James F. Lander Tsunamis Affecting Alaska 1737–1996 1996 U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center 195 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/data/publications/Kgrd-31.pdf Krasheninnikov's book mentioned a tsunami measuring three sazhen or 6.3 m inundating the coast. Another wave measuring 30 sazhen or 63 m 0 struck the coast, killing many natives and destroying their settlements. The force of the tsunami was so powerful that it stripped away dirt and sand, revealing the basement rocks of the Second Kuril Strait.Tsunami Event Information https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/412 ngdc.noaa.gov NCEI 8 July 2021 See also 1841 Kamchatka earthquake – Another w 9.0 earthquake in the same region Kamchatka earthquakes List of earthquakes in Russia List of historical earthquakes List of megathrust earthquakes List of tsunamis References Category:1730s earthquakes Category:Megathrust earthquakes in Russia Category:Tsunamis in Russia Category:18th-century tsunamis Category:1737 disasters Category:1737 in the Russian Empire Category:History of the Kamchatka Peninsula Category:Earthquakes in the Russian Far East Category:18th-century disasters in the Russian Empire Category:18th-century disasters in Asia