About The Kamchatka Earthquake: The 1952 Kamchatka quake was the first ever recorded at magnitude 9.0. It happened along the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'. Its tsunami travelled all the way across the Pacific to Hawaii. Its waves were still measurable thousands of km away

Location: Under the sea off the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · Country: Russia · Year: It struck in 1952 · Magnitude: Magnitude 9.0 · Record: The first quake ever measured at magnitude 9.0 · Plate Boundary: Where the Pacific plate slides under Kamchatka · Tsunami: It sent waves right across the Pacific to Hawaii · Notable Feature: It struck along the fiery edge of the Pacific