List of earthquakes in Russia
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
| 2017-07-18 | Komandorski Islands | 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 | [12] | ||
| 2011-10-14 | Amur | 6.0 Mw | VII | Minor damage/Power outages | [13][14] | ||
| 2008-10-11 | North Caucasus | 5.8 Mw | VIII | 13 | 116 | ||
| 2008-08-27 | Lake Baikal | 6.3 Mw | VIII | Minor damage | [15] | ||
| 2007-08-02 | Tatar Strait | 6.2 Mw | VIII | 4 | 12 | Tsunami | [16] |
| 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 | ||
| 2004-06-11 | kamchatka | 6.9 | V | [17] | |||
| 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 | [18] | |
| 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+ | [19] | |
| 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 | [20] | ||
| 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 | [21][22] | |
| 1923-02-03 | Kamchatka | 8.4 Ms | XI | 3 | |||
| 1918-09-07 | Kuril Islands | 8.1 Mw | 23 | 17 | Tsunami | [23] | |
| 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 | ||
| 1841-05-17 | Kamchatka | 9.0 Mw | IX | Severe damage and major tsunami | [24] | ||
| 1737-10-17 | Kamchatka | 9.0–9.3 Mw | Many deaths | Devastating tsunami | [25] | ||
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