List of earthquakes in Russia

Earthquakes in Russia have occasionally been damaging and deadly.

The largest Russian earthquakes (≥ 8.0 M) since the 1950s.

Map

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
2013-05-24Okhotsk Sea8.3 MwVSignificant in seismology
2008-10-11North Caucasus5.8 MwVIII13116
2008-08-27Lake Baikal6.3 MwVIIIMinor damage[1]
2007-08-02Tatar Strait6.2 MwVIII212Tsunami[2]
2007-01-13Kuril Islands8.1 MwVITsunami
2006-11-15Kuril Islands8.3 MwIV1Tsunami
2006-04-21Kamchatka7.6 MwX40$55 million
2003-09-27Altai Republic7.3 MwX35$10.6–33 million
1997-12-05Kamchatka7.7 MwVII
1995-05-27Sakhalin7.0 MsIX1989750$64.1–300 million
1994-10-04Kuril Islands8.3 Mw121000+Tsunami
1970-05-14North Caucasus6.7 MwVII101[3]
1963-10-20Kuril Islands7.8 MwTsunami
1963-10-13Kuril Islands8.5 MwIXTsunami
1959-05-04Kamchatka8.0 MsVIII113Tsunami
1958-11-06Kuril Islands8.3 Mw[4]
1952-11-05Kamchatka9.0 MwXI2,336
1946-11-02 Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan 7.6 Mw  X Unknown Severe damage
1923-04-13Kamchatka6.8 MwX18Tsunami[5][6]
1923-02-03Kamchatka8.4 MsXI3
1918-09-07Kuril Islands8.1 Mw2317Tsunami[7]
1911-01-03Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan7.7 MwX452Severe damage
1907-10-21Uzbekistan, Tajikistan7.4 MsIX12,000–15,000
1902-08-22Kyrgyzstan, China7.7 MwXI2,500-20,000Severe 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
  1. USGS. "M 6.3 - Lake Baykal region, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  2. USGS. "M 6.2 - Tatar Strait, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  3. "M 6.7 - Caucasus region, Russia". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  4. "M 8.3 - Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  5. "M 6.8 - near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  6. "Tsunami Event: KAMCHATKA". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  7. "M 8.1 - Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
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