2012 Event Scientists in Kamchatka, Russia, report sighting the first adult white orca to be seen in the wild 1993 Event 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka 1956 Event Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (U.S.S.R.) explodes 1922 Event Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed 1854 Event English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka