In 1952, in the Kuril Islands, a tsunami after an earthquake washed away an entire city
Look at the photos and read the memories of eyewitnesses On July 30, 2025, an earthquake occurred in Kamchatka, which, fortunately, there were no casualties. There was no catastrophic tsunami, although many expected it. 73 years ago, in the same area, an earthquake caused a tsunami that washed away the entire city of Severo-Kurilsk on the island of Paramushir. More than two thousand people died, most of them in Severo-Kurilsk. The disaster was not reported in the all-Union press.
