List of earthquakes in Russia

Map of seismic activity in Russia (zones are shown up to the maximum number of intensity points in the colored regions)

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1958

1963

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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

• Geology of Russia
• Kamchatka earthquakes
• List of tectonic plate interactions
• List of volcanoes in Russia

References

1. "M 4.4 – SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA – 2022-07-05 08:47:26 UTC". emsc-csem.org.
2. "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.
3. 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.
4. "M 7.5 – 221 km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
5. "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.
6. "M 6.6 – 45 km NNE of Saryg-Sep, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
7. "M 6.0 – 8 km ESE of Takhtamygda, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
8. "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.
9. "M 6.3 – Lake Baykal region, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
10. "M 6.2 – Tatar Strait, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
11. "M 4.8 – 3 km SSW of Yantarnyy, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
12. "M 6.8 – 35 km SSE of Uglegorsk, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
13. "M 6.7 – Caucasus region, Russia". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
14. "M 8.3 – Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
15. "M 6.8 – near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
16. 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.
17. "M 8.1 – Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.