1995 Neftegorsk earthquake

1995 Neftegorsk earthquake

Rescuers are helping a victim of the Neftegosrsk earthquake
Date May 27, 1995 (1995-05-27)
Magnitude 7.1 Mw
Depth 9 kilometres (6 mi)[1]
Countries or regions  Russia
Casualties approx 2000 killed,
720 injured

The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake was a 7.1Mw[2] (7.6 MS)[1] earthquake that devastated the town of Neftegorsk in northern Sakhalin Island, Russia on May 27 1995 at 23:03 local time (13:03 UTC).

Neftegorsk was nearly completely destroyed by the earthquake, and approximately 2,000 of the 3,176 residents in the town were killed. [3] The earthquake involved right lateral strike-slip movement on a fault that ruptured from south to north for 40 km, with the rupture passing right under Neftegorsk. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b The 27 May 1995 Ms 7.6 Northern Sakhalin Earthquake: An Earthquake on an Uncertain Plate Boundary
  2. ^ Significant Earthquakes of the World 1995 USGS
  3. ^ The Tale of the Tragedy of Neftegorsk
  4. ^ The 1995 Neftegorsk Earthquake: Tomography of the Source Zone
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