Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Russia, 1900โ2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
257
M5+
Strongest
M9.0
M7+ events
131
Tsunami events
16
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-11-04 | 9.0 | 89 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-07-29 | 8.8 | 2025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake๐ | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-02-04 | 8.7 | 1965 Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Earthquake | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-10-13 |
| 8.5 |
| 1963 Kuril Islands Earthquake |
| 35 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-02-03 | 8.4 | 1923 Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-07-23 | 8.3 | The 1905 Bulnay (Bolnai), Mongolia Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-11-15 | 8.3 | 2006 Kuril Islands Earthquake | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-08-17 | 8.3 | 1906 Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Earthquake | 110 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-11-06 | 8.3 | 1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-10-04 | 8.3 | 48 km E of Shikotan, Russia | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-05-24 | 8.3 | 2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake๐ | 598 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-08-11 | 8.2 | 1969 Hokkaido Toho-oki Earthquake | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-09-25 | 8.2 | 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-09-07 | 8.1 | 1918 Kuril Islands Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-12-04 | 8.1 | 1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia Earthquake | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-03-04 | 8.1 | 1952 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-01-13 | 8.1 | 2007 Kuril Islands Earthquake | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-01-03 | 8.0 | The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-01-30 | 8.0 | 43 km E of Ustโ-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-12-22 | 8.0 | 95 km WSW of Shihezi, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-07-09 | 8.0 | The 1905 Tsetserleg, Mongolia Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-08-10 | 7.9 | 172 km SE of Altay, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-05-16 | 7.9 | 70 km S of Honchล, Japan | 31 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-05-04 | 7.9 | 76 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | 55 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-12-03 | 7.9 | 128 km ESE of Kurilโsk, Russia | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-06-23 | 7.9 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska๐ | 109 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-12-17 | 7.9 | 93 km NW of Attu Station, Alaska | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-05-01 | 7.8 | 266 km SSW of Severo-Kurilโsk, Russia | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-09-18 | 7.8 | 140 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia๐ | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-12-05 | 7.8 | 156 km S of Ustโ-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-10-20 | 7.8 | 217 km ESE of Kurilโsk, Russia | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-11-17 | 7.8 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-11-10 | 7.7 | 13 km ESE of Comand?u, Romania | 150 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-02-28 | 7.7 | 100 km SSE of Korsakov, Russia | 329 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-06-25 | 7.7 | 115 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-06-17 | 7.7 | 19 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan | 48 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-07-12 | 7.7 | 107 km W of Iwanai, Japan | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-08-14 | 7.7 | 156 km ENE of Poronaysk, Russia | 583 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-07-17 | 7.7 | Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region๐ | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-07-05 | 7.7 | Sea of Okhotsk | 633 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-05-25 | 7.7 | Sea of Okhotsk | 550 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-12-15 | 7.6 | 55 km ESE of Ustโ-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-10-27 | 7.6 | 66 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia | 148 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-04-20 | 7.6 | 80 km NE of Tilichiki, Russia | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-12-22 | 7.6 | 248 km E of Kurilโsk, Russia | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-03-24 | 7.6 | 134 km SE of Kurilโsk, Russia | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-03-30 | 7.6 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-02-02 | 7.6 | 36 km NE of Attu Station, Alaska | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-11-02 | 7.5 | 34 km N of Kerben, Kyrgyzstan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1900-01-31 | 7.5 | Sea of Okhotsk | 450 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-03-04 | 7.5 | 2 km N of Spulber, Romania | 94 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-03-25 | 7.5 | 221 km SSE of Severo-Kurilโsk, Russia๐ | 58 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-06-30 | 7.5 | 253 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-09-11 | 7.5 | 42 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-02-21 | 7.4 | 170 km ESE of Kurilโsk, Russia | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-11-22 | 7.4 | 172 km NNE of Ustโ-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-08-04 | 7.4 | 160 km WNW of Hami, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-09-13 | 7.4 | 105 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia๐ | 58 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-07-31 | 7.4 | 7 km WSW of Rajin, North Korea | 460 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-05-04 | 7.4 | 95 km NNE of Ozernovskiy, Russia | 150 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-09-25 | 7.4 | 119 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-01-15 | 7.4 | east of the Kuril Islands | 36 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-02-24 | 7.4 | 97 km SSE of Ustโ-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-01-29 | 7.4 | 26 km S of Shikotan, Russia | 43 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-10-31 | 7.4 | 156 km SE of Severo-Kurilโsk, Russia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-02-23 | 7.4 | 110 km ENE of Kuqa, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-07-31 | 7.3 | 233 km SE of Atlasovo, Russia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-08-30 | 7.3 | Sea of Okhotsk | 648 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-06-13 | 7.3 | 169 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1901-04-05 | 7.3 | Kuril Islands | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-09-01 | 7.3 | 22 km ESE of Makubetsu, Japan | 255 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-11-24 | 7.3 | 51 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | 126 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-10-09 | 7.3 | 96 km E of Shikotan, Russia | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-08-19 | 7.3 | 60 km ENE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-11-24 | 7.3 | 284 km WSW of Milโkovo, Russia | 492 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-11-17 | 7.3 | 262 km E of Dolinsk, Russia | 459 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-12-20 | 7.3 | 187 km SE of Ustโ-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia๐ | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-03-09 | 7.3 | 52 km ESE of Xinyuan, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-08-18 | 7.3 | 148 km ESE of Altay, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-09-08 | 7.2 | 238 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-01-18 | 7.2 | Kuril Islands | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-11-06 | 7.2 | 159 km ENE of Kurilโsk, Russia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-08-17 | 7.2 | 97 km NNE of Ozernovskiy, Russia | 145 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-06-27 | 7.2 | 143 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-12-21 | 7.2 | 134 km E of Shikotan, Russia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-08-30 | 7.2 | 7 km NNE of Ca?oca, Romania | 132 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-02-28 | 7.2 | 38 km ESE of Severo-Kurilโsk, Russia | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-01-30 | 7.2 | 80 km S of Milโkovo, Russia๐ | 177 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-02-07 | 7.2 | 158 km E of Kurilโsk, Russia | 43 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-05-12 | 7.2 | 16 km WSW of Uglegorsk, Russia | 606 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-03-24 | 7.2 | 123 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia | 44 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-04-19 | 7.2 | 252 km ENE of Kurilโsk, Russia๐ | 110 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-12-28 | 7.2 | 83 km SSE of Atlasovo, Russia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-02-10 | 7.2 | 66 km ENE of Misawa, Japan | 59 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-03-18 | 7.2 | 154 km ESE of Milโkovo, Russia | 59 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1910-05-22 | 7.2 | 268 km SE of Kurilโsk, Russia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1903-02-01 | 7.1 | Western Mongolia | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1900-12-25 | 7.1 | Off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-04-14 | 7.1 | 9 km S of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-11-04 | 7.1 | 72 km W of Rumoi, Japan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |