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List of earthquakes in Russia

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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)
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

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Date Region Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Total damage / notes
2025-09-18 Kamchatka 7.8 Mw VIII Aftershock of the 2025 Kamchatka earthquake [1]
2025-09-13 Kamchatka 7.4 Mw VI Aftershock of the July 29 event [2]
2025-07-30 Kamchatka 8.8 Mw IX 1 25 Second-largest ever recorded in Russia behind the 1952 event [3]
2025-07-20 Kamchatka 7.4 Mw VIII Foreshock to the July 29 event / Minor damage [4][5]
2024-08-17 Kamchatka 7.0 Mw VI Possible foreshock to the July 29, 2025 event [6]
2022-07-05 Kemerovo 4.4 Mw 2 2 Deaths due to rockfalls in a mine [7][8][9]
2020-03-25 Kuril Islands 7.5 Mw V 1 Tsunami [10][11]
2017-07-18Komandorski Islands7.8 MwVII
2013-05-24Okhotsk Sea8.3 MwVSignificant in seismology
2011-12-27 Tuva 6.6 Mw VI Buildings damaged [12]
2011-10-14 Amur 6.0 Mw VII Minor damage/Power outages [13][14]
2008-10-11North Caucasus5.8 MwVIII13116
2008-08-27Lake Baikal6.3 MwVIIIMinor damage[15]
2007-08-02Tatar Strait6.2 MwVIII412Tsunami[16]
2007-01-13Kuril Islands8.1 MwVITsunami
2006-11-15Kuril Islands8.3 MwIV1Tsunami
2006-04-21Kamchatka7.6 MwX40$55 million
2004-09-21 Kaliningrad 4.8 Mw VI 3 17 buildings damaged / Rare event [17]
2003-09-27Altai Republic7.3 MwX35$10.6–33 million
2000-08-04 Sakhalin 6.8 Mw VI 8 19,100 displaced [18]
1997-12-05Kamchatka7.7 MwVII
1995-05-27Sakhalin7.0 MsIX1,989750$64.1–300 million
1994-10-04Kuril Islands8.3 Mw121000+Tsunami
1970-05-14North Caucasus6.7 MwVII311,000+[19]
1963-10-20Kuril Islands7.8 MwTsunami
1963-10-13Kuril Islands8.5 MwIXTsunami
1959-05-04Kamchatka8.0 MsVIII113Tsunami
1958-11-06Kuril Islands8.3 MwXTsunami[20]
1952-11-05Kamchatka9.0 MwXI2,336Earthquake+Tsunami
1946-11-02 Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan 7.6 Mw X Unknown Severe damage
1923-04-13Kamchatka6.8 MwX18Tsunami[21][22]
1923-02-03Kamchatka8.4 MsXI3
1918-09-07Kuril Islands8.1 Mw2317Tsunami[23]
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
1841-05-17Kamchatka9.0 MwIXSevere damage and major tsunami[24]
1737-10-17Kamchatka9.0–9.3 MwMany deathsDevastating tsunami[25]
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.

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References

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  1. ↑ "M 7.8 - 127 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  2. ↑ ANSS. "M 7.4 - 111 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 2025". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ "M 8.7 - 126 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  4. ↑ "M 7.4 - 2025 Eastern Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  5. ↑ "После землетрясения в зданиях больниц на Камчатке появились трещины" (in Russian). Argumenty i Fakty. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "M 7.0 - 102 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  7. ↑ "M 4.4 – SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA – 2022-07-05 08:47:26 UTC". emsc-csem.org.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "M 7.5 – 221 km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  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.
  12. ↑ "M 6.6 – 45 km NNE of Saryg-Sep, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  13. ↑ "M 6.0 – 8 km ESE of Takhtamygda, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "M 6.3 – Lake Baykal region, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  16. ↑ "M 6.2 – Tatar Strait, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  17. ↑ "M 4.8 – 3 km SSW of Yantarnyy, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  18. ↑ "M 6.8 – 35 km SSE of Uglegorsk, Russia". United States Geological Survey.
  19. ↑ "M 6.7 – Caucasus region, Russia". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  20. ↑ "M 8.3 – Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  21. ↑ "M 6.8 – near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ "M 8.1 – Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  24. ↑ Alexander A Gusev; L.S. Shumilina (2004). "Recurrence of Kamchatka strong earthquakes on a scale of moment magnitudes" (PDF). Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth. 40 (3): 206–215.
  25. ↑ V.K. Gusiakov (2000), Two great kamchatka tsunamis, 1737 and 1952 (PDF), Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences: IUGG Tsunami Commission, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021, retrieved 8 July 2021
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