Major earthquakes in Russia since 1900 (M6+)

M6+802

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LargestM9.01952

M7+80

LatestM6.62026-06-19

Per decade

1900s20

1910s32

1920s55

1930s46

1940s47

1950s141

1960s93

1970s73

1980s47

1990s95

2000s55

2010s50

2020s48

Depth

0–70 km724

70–300 km45

300 km+33

50 largest

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M9.0 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 16:58	22 km	89 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M8.3 1994-10-04	1994-10-04 13:22	14 km	48 km E of Shikotan, Russia
M8.0 1917-01-30	1917-01-30 02:45	20 km	43 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.9 1959-05-04	1959-05-04 07:15	55 km	76 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.9 1995-12-03	1995-12-03 18:01	33 km	128 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.8 1905-09-15	1905-09-15 06:02	15 km	off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
M7.8 1915-05-01	1915-05-01 05:00	30 km	266 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.8 1963-10-20	1963-10-20 00:53	28 km	217 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.8 1997-12-05	1997-12-05 11:26	33 km	156 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.8 2025-09-18	2025-09-18 18:58	27 km	140 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.7 1904-06-25	1904-06-25 21:00	30 km	115 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.7 1950-02-28	1950-02-28 10:21	329 km	100 km SSE of Korsakov, Russia
M7.7 2012-08-14	2012-08-14 02:59	583 km	156 km ENE of Poronaysk, Russia
M7.7 2017-07-17	2017-07-17 23:34	10 km	Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region
M7.6 1971-12-15	1971-12-15 08:29	20 km	55 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.6 1957-10-27	1957-10-27 22:32	148 km	66 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia
M7.6 1978-03-24	1978-03-24 19:47	33 km	134 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.6 1991-12-22	1991-12-22 08:43	25 km	248 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.6 2006-04-20	2006-04-20 23:25	22 km	80 km NE of Tilichiki, Russia
M7.5 1904-06-25	1904-06-25 14:45	15 km	274 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.5 1978-03-23	1978-03-23 03:15	33 km	55 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.5 1993-06-08	1993-06-08 13:03	71 km	97 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M7.5 2020-03-25	2020-03-25 02:49	58 km	221 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.5 1935-09-11	1935-09-11 14:04	35 km	42 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia
M7.5 1936-06-30	1936-06-30 15:06	15 km	253 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M7.4 1937-02-21	1937-02-21 07:02	30 km	170 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.4 1969-11-22	1969-11-22 23:09	33 km	172 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.4 1911-05-04	1911-05-04 23:36	150 km	95 km NNE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M7.4 1957-06-27	1957-06-27 00:09	25 km	25 km SE of Kuanda, Russia
M7.4 2025-09-13	2025-09-13 02:37	58 km	105 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.4 1923-02-24	1923-02-24 07:34	15 km	97 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.4 1968-01-29	1968-01-29 10:19	43 km	26 km S of Shikotan, Russia
M7.4 1916-10-31	1916-10-31 15:31	15 km	156 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.3 1915-07-31	1915-07-31 01:31	20 km	233 km SE of Atlasovo, Russia
M7.3 1936-11-13	1936-11-13 12:31	20 km	61 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.3 1923-02-03	1923-02-03 18:42	15 km	77 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia
M7.3 1971-09-05	1971-09-05 18:35	18 km	50 km W of Gornozavodsk, Russia
M7.3 1971-11-24	1971-11-24 19:35	126 km	51 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.3 1994-07-21	1994-07-21 18:36	471 km	46 km SSW of Vrangel’, Russia
M7.3 1994-10-09	1994-10-09 07:55	33 km	96 km E of Shikotan, Russia
M7.3 2002-11-17	2002-11-17 04:53	459 km	262 km E of Dolinsk, Russia
M7.3 2003-09-27	2003-09-27 11:33	16 km	29 km S of Aktash, Russia
M7.3 2008-11-24	2008-11-24 09:02	492 km	284 km WSW of Mil’kovo, Russia
M7.3 2018-12-20	2018-12-20 17:01	17 km	187 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.3 1923-02-02	1923-02-02 05:07	35 km	163 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.2 1908-11-06	1908-11-06 07:09	15 km	159 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.2 1904-06-27	1904-06-27 00:09	35 km	143 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.2 1907-08-17	1907-08-17 17:27	145 km	97 km NNE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M7.2 1946-12-21	1946-12-21 10:18	20 km	134 km E of Shikotan, Russia
M7.2 1973-02-28	1973-02-28 06:37	27 km	38 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.