List of earthquakes in Russia

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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 !{{M\|mag}} !MMI !Deaths !Injuries !Total damage / notes !
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2022-07-05 \|Kemerovo \|4.4 {{M\|w}} \| \|2 \|2 \|Deaths due to rockfalls in a mine \|{{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}}{{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}}{{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\|language=ru}}
2020-03-25 \|Kuril Islands \|7.5 {{M\|w}} \|V \|1 \| \|Tsunami \|{{Cite web\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00q7qai7/executive\| title = M 7.5 – 221 km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia\|publisher=United States Geological Survey\|access-date=2020-04-11}}{{Cite news\|url=https://glavred.info/world/10160060-v-rossii-ugroza-cunami-posle-moshchnogo-zemletryaseniya-lyudey-evakuiruyut.html\|title=В России – угроза цунами после мощного землетрясения: людей эвакуируют\|trans-title=In Russia – the threat of a tsunami after a powerful earthquake: people are evacuated \|date=2020-03-25\|work=Glavred.info\|access-date=2022-05-16\|language=ru}}
2017-07-17	Kamchatka	7.8 M_w	VII
2013-05-24	Okhotsk Sea	8.3 M_w	V			Significant in seismology
2011-12-27 \|Tuva \|6.6 {{M\|w}} \|VI \| \| \|Buildings damaged \|{{Cite web\|title=M 6.6 – 45 km NNE of Saryg-Sep, Russia\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000jcq2/executive\|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}
2011-10-14 \|Amur \|6.0 {{M\|w}} \|VII \| \| \|Minor damage/Power outages \|{{Cite web\|title=M 6.0 – 8 km ESE of Takhtamygda, Russia\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000j9aw/executive\|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}{{Cite web\|title=Very strong shallow dangerous earthquake in Amur area, Russia – many aftershocks are reported\|url=http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/14/strong-dangerous-shallow-earthquake-in-russia-close-to-the-border-with-china/\|website=earthquake-report.com\|url-status=usurped\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025010432/http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/14/strong-dangerous-shallow-earthquake-in-russia-close-to-the-border-with-china/\|archive-date=October 25, 2011\|access-date=May 4, 2022 }}
2008-10-11	North Caucasus	5.8 M_w	VIII	13	116
2008-08-27	Lake Baikal	6.3 M_w	VIII			Minor damage	{{cite web\|title=M 6.3 – Lake Baykal region, Russia\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000gfng#executive\|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}
2007-08-02	Tatar Strait	6.2 M_w	VIII	4	12	Tsunami	{{cite web\|title=M 6.2 – Tatar Strait, Russia\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000fhn0#impact\|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}
2007-01-13	Kuril Islands	8.1 M_w	VI			Tsunami
2006-11-15	Kuril Islands	8.3 M_w	IV		1	Tsunami
2006-04-21	Kamchatka	7.6 M_w	X		40	$55 million
2004-09-21 \|Kaliningrad \|4.8 {{M\|w}} \|VI \| \|3 \|17 buildings damaged / Rare event \|{{Cite web\|title=M 4.8 – 3 km SSW of Yantarnyy, Russia\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000d4sw/executive\|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}
2003-09-27	Altai Republic	7.3 M_w	X	3	5	$10.6–33 million
2000-08-04 \|Sakhalin \|6.8 {{M\|w}} \|VI \| \|8 \| 19,100 displaced \|{{Cite web\|title=M 6.8 – 35 km SSE of Uglegorsk, Russia\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0009xws/executive\|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}
1997-12-05	Kamchatka	7.7 M_w	VII
1995-05-27	Sakhalin	7.0 M_s	IX	1,989	750	$64.1–300 million
1994-10-04	Kuril Islands	8.3 M_w		12	1000+	Tsunami
1970-05-14	North Caucasus	6.7 M_w	VII	31	1,000+		{{cite web\|title=M 6.7 – Caucasus region, Russia\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem795586/executive#executive\|publisher=United States Geological Survey\|access-date=July 3, 2019}}
1963-10-20	Kuril Islands	7.8 M_w				Tsunami
1963-10-13	Kuril Islands	8.5 M_w	IX			Tsunami
1959-05-04	Kamchatka	8.0 M_s	VIII	1	13	Tsunami
1958-11-06	Kuril Islands	8.3 M_w	X			Tsunami	{{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}}
1952-11-05	Kamchatka	9.0 M_w	XI	2,336		Earthquake+Tsunami
1946-11-02 \|Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan \|7.6 {{M\|w}} \|X \|Unknown \| \|Severe damage \|
1923-04-13	Kamchatka	6.8 M_w	X	18		Tsunami	{{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}}{{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}}
1923-02-03	Kamchatka	8.4 M_s	XI	3
1918-09-07	Kuril Islands	8.1 M_w		23	17	Tsunami	{{cite web\|title=M 8.1 – Kuril Islands\|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem913260/executive#executive\|publisher=United States Geological Survey\|access-date=July 3, 2019}}
1911-01-03	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan	7.7 M_w	X	452		Severe damage
1907-10-21	Uzbekistan, Tajikistan	7.4 M_s	IX	12,000–15,000
1902-08-22	Kyrgyzstan, China	7.7 M_w	XI	2,500-20,000		Severe damage
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