List of earthquakes in Russia
The largest earthquakes in Russia (≥ 8.0 M) since the 1950s
Earthquakes in Russia have occasionally been damaging and deadly.
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Some of the largest Russian earthquakes since the latter half of the 20th century are the 1958 /1963 and 2006 /2007 earthquakes in the Kuril Islands near Japan, as well as the 1952 /1959 earthquakes in the Kamchatka Peninsula , all of which were ≥ 8.0 M. See also the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench .
Earthquakes
Date
Region
Mag.
MMI
Deaths
Injuries
Total damage / notes
2022-07-05
Kemerovo
4.4 Mw
2
2
Deaths due to rockfalls in a mine
[1] [2] [3]
2020-03-25
Kuril Islands
7.5 Mw
V
1
Tsunami
[4] [5]
2017-07-17
Kamchatka
7.8 Mw
VII
2013-05-24
Okhotsk Sea
8.3 Mw
V
Significant in seismology
2011-12-27
Tuva
6.6 Mw
VI
Buildings damaged
[6]
2011-10-14
Amur
6.0 Mw
VII
Minor damage/Power outages
[7] [8]
2008-10-11
North Caucasus
5.8 Mw
VIII
13
116
2008-08-27
Lake Baikal
6.3 Mw
VIII
Minor damage
[9]
2007-08-02
Tatar Strait
6.2 Mw
VIII
2
12
Tsunami
[10]
2007-01-13
Kuril Islands
8.1 Mw
VI
Tsunami
2006-11-15
Kuril Islands
8.3 Mw
IV
1
Tsunami
2006-04-21
Kamchatka
7.6 Mw
X
40
$55 million
2004-09-21
Kaliningrad
4.8 Mw
VI
3
17 buildings damaged / Rare event
[11]
2003-09-27
Altai Republic
7.3 Mw
X
3
5
$10.6–33 million
2000-08-04
Sakhalin
6.8 Mw
VI
8
19,100 displaced
[12]
1997-12-05
Kamchatka
7.7 Mw
VII
1995-05-27
Sakhalin
7.0 Ms
IX
1,989
750
$64.1–300 million
1994-10-04
Kuril Islands
8.3 Mw
12
1000+
Tsunami
1970-05-14
North Caucasus
6.7 Mw
VII
31
1,000+
[13]
1963-10-20
Kuril Islands
7.8 Mw
Tsunami
1963-10-13
Kuril Islands
8.5 Mw
IX
Tsunami
1959-05-04
Kamchatka
8.0 Ms
VIII
1
13
Tsunami
1958-11-06
Kuril Islands
8.3 Mw
X
Tsunami
[14]
1952-11-05
Kamchatka
9.0 Mw
XI
2,336
Earthquake+Tsunami
1946-11-02
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
7.6 Mw
X
Unknown
Severe damage
1923-04-13
Kamchatka
6.8 Mw
X
18
Tsunami
[15] [16]
1923-02-03
Kamchatka
8.4 Ms
XI
3
1918-09-07
Kuril Islands
8.1 Mw
23
17
Tsunami
[17]
1911-01-03
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
7.7 Mw
X
452
Severe damage
1907-10-21
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
7.4 Ms
IX
12,000–15,000
1902-08-22
Kyrgyzstan, China
7.7 Mw
XI
2,500-20,000
Severe damage
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes ' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.
See also
References
^ "M 4.4 - SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 2022-07-05 08:47:26 UTC" . emsc-csem.org .
^ "в кузбассе поднято на поверхность тело погибшего на «распадской» шахтёра" [In Kuzbass, the body of a miner who died on the "Raspadskaya" was raised to the surface]. Tsargrad TV (in Russian). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022 .
^ Samsonov, Mikhail (5 July 2022). "В Кузбассе погибли два горняка в шахте Распадская-Коксова" [In Kuzbass, two miners died in the Raspadskaya-Koksovaya mine]. URA (in Russian). Retrieved 6 July 2022 .
^ "M 7.5 - 221km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia" . earthquake.usgs.gov . Retrieved 2020-04-11 .
^ "В России - угроза цунами после мощного землетрясения: людей эвакуируют" [In Russia - the threat of a tsunami after a powerful earthquake: people are evacuated]. Glavred.info (in Russian). 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-05-16 .
^ "M 6.6 - 45 km NNE of Saryg-Sep, Russia" . earthquake.usgs.gov .
^ "M 6.0 - 8 km ESE of Takhtamygda, Russia" . earthquake.usgs.gov .
^ "Very strong shallow dangerous earthquake in Amur area, Russia – many aftershocks are reported" . earthquake-report.com . Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2022 .
^ USGS. "M 6.3 - Lake Baykal region, Russia" . United States Geological Survey .
^ USGS. "M 6.2 - Tatar Strait, Russia" . United States Geological Survey .
^ "M 4.8 - 3 km SSW of Yantarnyy, Russia" . earthquake.usgs.gov .
^ "M 6.8 - 35 km SSE of Uglegorsk, Russia" . earthquake.usgs.gov .
^ "M 6.7 - Caucasus region, Russia" . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
^ "M 8.3 - Kuril Islands" . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
^ "M 6.8 - near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia" . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service: NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. "Tsunami Event: KAMCHATKA" . NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi :10.7289/V5PN93H7 . Retrieved March 20, 2024 .
^ "M 8.1 - Kuril Islands" . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
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