List of earthquakes in Russia explained

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

DateRegionMMIDeathsInjuriesTotal damage / notes
2022-07-05Kemerovo4.4 22Deaths due to rockfalls in a mine[1] [2] [3]
2020-03-25Kuril Islands7.5 V1Tsunami[4] [5]
Kamchatka 7.8 Mw VII
Okhotsk Sea 8.3 Mw V Significant in seismology
2011-12-27Tuva6.6 VIBuildings damaged[6]
2011-10-14Amur6.0 VIIMinor damage/Power outages[7] [8]
5.8 Mw VIII 13 116
2008-08-27 Lake Baikal 6.3 Mw VIII Minor damage [9]
Tatar Strait 6.2 Mw VIII 2 12 Tsunami [10]
8.1 Mw VI Tsunami
Kuril Islands 8.3 Mw IV 1 Tsunami
Kamchatka 7.6 Mw X 40 $55 million
2004-09-21Kaliningrad4.8 VI317 buildings damaged / Rare event[11]
7.3 Mw X 3 5 $10.6–33 million
2000-08-04Sakhalin6.8 VI819,100 displaced[12]
Kamchatka 7.7 Mw VII
Sakhalin 7.0 Ms IX 1,989 750 $64.1–300 million
8.3 Mw 12 1000+ Tsunami
6.7 Mw VII 31 1,000+ [13]
7.8 Mw Tsunami
8.5 Mw IX Tsunami
Kamchatka 8.0 Ms VIII 1 13 Tsunami
Kuril Islands 8.3 Mw X Tsunami [14]
Kamchatka 9.0 Mw XI 2,336 Earthquake+Tsunami
1946-11-02Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan7.6 XUnknownSevere damage
6.8 Mw X 18 Tsunami [15] [16]
Kamchatka 8.4 Ms XI 3
1918-09-07 8.1 Mw 23 17 Tsunami [17]
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan7.7 Mw X 452 Severe damage
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan 7.4 Ms IX 12,000–15,000
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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: M 4.4 – SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA – 2022-07-05 08:47:26 UTC. emsc-csem.org.
  2. Web site: 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. 6 July 2022. 6 July 2022. Tsargrad TV. ru.
  3. News: Mikhail . Samsonov. В Кузбассе погибли два горняка в шахте Распадская-Коксова. In Kuzbass, two miners died in the Raspadskaya-Koksovaya mine. 5 July 2022. 6 July 2022. URA. ru.
  4. Web site: M 7.5 – 221 km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia. United States Geological Survey. 2020-04-11.
  5. News: В России – угроза цунами после мощного землетрясения: людей эвакуируют. In Russia – the threat of a tsunami after a powerful earthquake: people are evacuated . 2020-03-25. Glavred.info. 2022-05-16. ru.
  6. Web site: M 6.6 – 45 km NNE of Saryg-Sep, Russia. United States Geological Survey.
  7. Web site: M 6.0 – 8 km ESE of Takhtamygda, Russia. United States Geological Survey.
  8. Web site: Very strong shallow dangerous earthquake in Amur area, Russia – many aftershocks are reported. earthquake-report.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111025010432/http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/14/strong-dangerous-shallow-earthquake-in-russia-close-to-the-border-with-china/. October 25, 2011. May 4, 2022 .
  9. Web site: M 6.3 – Lake Baykal region, Russia. United States Geological Survey.
  10. Web site: M 6.2 – Tatar Strait, Russia. United States Geological Survey.
  11. Web site: M 4.8 – 3 km SSW of Yantarnyy, Russia. United States Geological Survey.
  12. Web site: M 6.8 – 35 km SSE of Uglegorsk, Russia. United States Geological Survey.
  13. Web site: M 6.7 – Caucasus region, Russia. United States Geological Survey. July 3, 2019.
  14. Web site: M 8.3 – Kuril Islands. United States Geological Survey. March 12, 2018.
  15. Web site: M 6.8 – near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. United States Geological Survey. July 3, 2019.
  16. Web site: Tsunami Event: KAMCHATKA. National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service: NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 10.7289/V5PN93H7. March 20, 2024.
  17. Web site: M 8.1 – Kuril Islands. United States Geological Survey. July 3, 2019.

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