1995 Neftegorsk earthquake
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| Date | 27 May 1995 |
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| Origin time | 13:03 UTC [1] |
| Magnitude | 7.1 Mw [1] |
| Depth | 33 km (21 mi) [2] |
| Epicenter | 52°36′N 142°48′E / 52.6°N 142.8°ECoordinates: 52°36′N 142°48′E / 52.6°N 142.8°E [1] |
| Type | Strike-slip |
| Areas affected | Russia |
| Casualties | 1,989 [1] |
1995 Neftegorsk earthquake monument at the Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake occurred on 27 May at 23:03 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.1 that devastated the settlement of Neftegorsk on northern Sakhalin Island in Russia. Neftegorsk was nearly completely destroyed, and almost 2,000 of the 3,176 residents in the town were killed. The shock was the result of 40 km (25 mi) of right-lateral slip (breaking south to north) with the rupture passing right under Neftegorsk.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Utsu, T. R. (2002), "A List of Deadly Earthquakes in the World: 1500-2000", International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology, Part A, Volume 81A (First ed.), Academic Press, p. 709, ISBN 978-0124406520
- ↑ Katsumata, K.; Kasahara, M.; Ichiyanagi, M.; Kikuchi, M.; Sen, R.; Kim, C.; Ivaschenko, A.; Tatevossian, R. (2004). "The 27 May 1995 Ms 7.6 Northern Sakhalin Earthquake: An Earthquake on an Uncertain Plate Boundary". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (Seismological Society of America) 94 (1): 118. doi:10.1785/0120020175.
Sources
- Arefiev, S.; Rogozhin, E.; Tatevossian, R.; Rivera, L.; Cisternas, A. (2000), "The Neftegorsk (Sakhalin Island) 1995 earthquake: a rare interplate event" (PDF), Geophysical Journal International (John Wiley & Sons) 143: 595–607, doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00234.x
- Aref'ev, S. S.; Dorbath, K. (2001), "The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake: Tomography of the source zone" (PDF), Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth (Springer Science+Business Media) 37 (2): 141–150
- Johnson, M. S. (1998), "The Tale of the Tragedy of Neftegorsk", Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (Cambridge University Press) 13 (1): 67–72, PMID 10187029
External links
- 7.5 Quake Kills 300 on Russia's Sakhalin Island – Los Angeles Times
- The Sakhalin earthquake of May 27, 1995 – Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
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