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[[File:Сейсмичность.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|right|Map of seismic activity in Russia (zones are shown up to the maximum number of [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale|intensity points]] in the colored regions)]]
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{{Location map~|Russia Far Eastern Federal District|lat=52.2|long=161.0|position=right|label=<div style="position: relative; top: 0.4em;">[[1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake|1952]]</div>}}
{{Location map~|Russia Far Eastern Federal District|lat=53.4|long=159.66|position=right|label=<div style="position: relative; top: 0.4em;">[[1959 Kamchatka earthquake|1959]]</div>}}
{{Location map~|Russia Far Eastern Federal District|lat=53.4|long=159.66|position=right|label=<div style="position: relative; top: 0.4em;">[[1959 Kamchatka earthquake|1959]]</div>}}
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Some of the largest Russian earthquakes since the latter half of the 20th century are the 1958/[[1963 Kuril Islands earthquake|1963]] and [[2006 Kuril Islands earthquake|2006]]/[[2007 Kuril Islands earthquake|2007]] earthquakes in the [[Kuril Islands]] near [[Japan]], as well as the [[1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake|1952]]/[[1959 Kamchatka earthquake|1959]] earthquakes in the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], all of which were ≥ 8.0 M. See also the [[Kuril–Kamchatka Trench]].
Some of the largest Russian earthquakes since the latter half of the 20th century are the [[1958 Kuril Islands earthquake|1958]]/[[1963 Kuril Islands earthquake|1963]] and [[2006 Kuril Islands earthquake|2006]]/[[2007 Kuril Islands earthquake|2007]] earthquakes in the [[Kuril Islands]] near Japan, as well as the [[1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake|1952]]/[[1959 Kamchatka earthquake|1959]] earthquakes in the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], all of which were ≥ 8.0 M. See also the [[Kuril–Kamchatka Trench]].


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|<ref>{{Cite web|title=M 4.4 - SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 2022-07-05 08:47:26 UTC|url=https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1145434|website=emsc-csem.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=в кузбассе поднято на поверхность тело погибшего на «распадской» шахтёра|trans-title=In Kuzbass, the body of a miner who died on the "Raspadskaya" was raised to the surface|url=https://tsargrad.tv/news/v-kuzbasse-podnjato-na-poverhnost-telo-pogibshego-na-raspadskoj-shahtjora_579605|date=6 July 2022|access-date=6 July 2022|website=[[Tsargrad TV]]|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first1=Mikhail |last1=Samsonov|title=В Кузбассе погибли два горняка в шахте Распадская-Коксова|trans-title=In Kuzbass, two miners died in the Raspadskaya-Koksovaya mine|url=https://ura.news/news/1052567584|date=5 July 2022|access-date=6 July 2022|work=[[Ura.ru|URA]]|language=ru}}</ref>
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| [[1959 Kamchatka earthquake|1959-05-04]] || Kamchatka || 8.0 M<sub>s</sub> || VIII || 1 || 13 || Tsunami ||
| [[1959 Kamchatka earthquake|1959-05-04]] || Kamchatka || 8.0 M<sub>s</sub> || VIII || 1 || 13 || Tsunami ||
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| 1958-11-06 || Kuril Islands || 8.3 M<sub>w</sub> || || || || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official19581106225809_30#executive|title=M 8.3 - Kuril Islands|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=March 12, 2018}}</ref>
| [[1958 Kuril Islands earthquake|1958-11-06]] || Kuril Islands || 8.3 M<sub>w</sub> || X || || || Tsunami || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official19581106225809_30#executive|title=M 8.3 - Kuril Islands|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=March 12, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[1952 Severo-Kurilsk tsunami|1952-11-05]] || Kamchatka || 9.0 M<sub>w</sub> || XI || 2,336 || || Earthquake+Tsunami ||
| [[1952 Severo-Kurilsk tsunami|1952-11-05]] || Kamchatka || 9.0 M<sub>w</sub> || XI || 2,336 || || Earthquake+Tsunami ||
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| [[April 1923 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami|1923-04-13]] || [[Kamchatka]] || 6.8 M<sub>w</sub> || X || 18 || || Tsunami || <ref>{{cite web|title=M 6.8 - near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia| url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem911331#executive|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]| access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tsunami Event: KAMCHATKA| url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/1517|last=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service: NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.| publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information| doi=10.7289/V5PN93H7| access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref>
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[[Category:Lists of disasters in Russia|Earthquakes]]

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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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The largest earthquakes in Russia (≥ 8.0 M) since the 1950s

Earthquakes in Russia have occasionally been damaging and deadly.

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
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

  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 - 221km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia". earthquake.usgs.gov. 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". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  7. ^ "M 6.0 - 8 km ESE of Takhtamygda, Russia". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  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. ^ USGS. "M 6.3 - Lake Baykal region, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  10. ^ USGS. "M 6.2 - Tatar Strait, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  11. ^ "M 4.8 - 3 km SSW of Yantarnyy, Russia". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  12. ^ "M 6.8 - 35 km SSE of Uglegorsk, Russia". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  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.
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