Russia's Earthquakes

 Due to Russia's size and numerous tectonic plates, earthquakes are a very common occurrence. In the past 30 days, Russia has experienced 21 earthquakes--2 of which occurred in the last seven days. The most recent earthquake happened in Dolinsk, Sakhalin, Russia on September 10th, 2022, with a magnitude of 4.5. 

Russia has endured multiple tsunamis that were caused by megathrust earthquakes in the eastern Russia region of the Kamchatka Peninsula. One of the largest earthquakes happened in 2013 in the Sea of Okhotsk, where the 8.3 magnitudes created shaking that lasted for five minutes. Houses collapsed in Samara, many small cracks appeared in Moscow's infrastructure, and a bridge cracked in Yakutsk. 

The deadliest earthquake in Russia was the 1952 Kamchatka Tsunami which killed 10,000-15,000 people. This magnitude 9.0 earthquake generated 50 feet-high waves and reached Peru, Chili, New Zealand, and Hawaii. 

Info Source: https://www.wsspc.org/resources-reports/tsunami-center/significant-tsunami-events/1952-kamchatka-tsunami/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Okhotsk_Sea_earthquake, https://earthquaketrack.com/p/russia/recent

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  1. AlexSeptember 11, 2022 at 9:00 PM

    Blogger would not upload any photo I included!

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  2. Ana GGSeptember 12, 2022 at 7:03 AM

    Nice seismic reflection! Do they have mitigation measures to deal with this hazard?

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