What the records say
- When
- 27 May 1995
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 52.63° N, 142.83° E
- Deaths
- 1989
- Injuries
- 750
- Damage musd
- 300
- Max water height m
- 0.1
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.1
- Runups
- 2
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1995 Neftegorsk earthquake
1995 devastating earthquake in Sakhalin, Russia
The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake occurred on 28 May at 01:03 local time in northern Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. It was the most destructive earthquake known within the modern borders of Russia, with a magnitude of Mw 7.1 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) that devastated the town of Neftegorsk. Many buildings collapsed, and 1,989 of its 3,977 citizens were killed, with another 750 injured.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page