July 25, 1875 Earthquake: Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine

1875, July 25, 04:28 UTC. 44.5 N, 33.4 E, depth 9 km, magnitude 5.2, intensity VII-VIII.

"...At 6:20 a.m., an earthquake lasting several seconds struck Sevastopol' and surrounding area; several bui1dings developed cracks and plaster crumbled; the earthquake was felt more intensely in elevated areas than in lower ones and strongly affected the structures in the elevated areas. The cupola in a Georgian monastery church cracked; the buildings in Balaklava and in the villages of Karan and Kadykoyka were damaged more severely than those in Sevastopol."

..."In Sevastopol' not only were all the sleeping inhabitants awakened by the powerful horizontal shocks, which followed one another in about 7-8 seconds, but some were thrown from their beds, including soldiers asleep in barracks. People lost their footing in the streets and many fell. Many small objects were overturned in buildings. Most of the one-story stone structures built on limestone and foundation rock (as most were) sustained damage; several of the inhabitants there had to resettle as a result of the damage. Damage was most severe on Cathedral Street and in the southern bay area... A train Station Wall, built in 1873, sustained a crack about 2.2 cm from top to bottom. The earthquake caused many injuries, but no fatalities.

"A large number of fires occurred in Sevastopol region on this day... Oscillations and shocks in the vicinity of Sevastopol' were reported to be the strongest of all. They were felt to the west from the Inkerman-Balaklava line. People found it difficult to stand during the shocks, and several fell; a 'tossing' of carriages was reported owing to the underground shocks. There was a sharp change in the flow of water in the fountains (it ceased to flow during the earthquake, and then flowed in a much greater amount than it had before the earthquake). Roughly 1 km from Balaklava, on the road to Yalta, a sinkhole occurred in the ground; it became a swampy area owing to the accumulation of ground water. Rocks fell in tunnels, constructed 3 years earlier, and there was a small landslide in the Tsagan tunnel (the largest one). Successive major shocks were reported in the village of Chorgun. There was great panic in the Sevastopol'-Balaklava region; people fled their homes and churches screaming, crying, and praying."

(above from reference #223)

1875, July 25. Russia, Crimea, Sebastopol. Intensity I which corresponds to an earthquake of intensity sufficient to crack walls, break chimneys, to shatter old buildings or to produce cracks in the ground. (reference #1055)

1875, July 25. Earthquake in SW of Jaila Dagh, especially in Sebastopol, intensity VIII-IX. (reference #1093)

1875, July 25, 06:30 [local time]. 44.6 N, 33.6 E, intensity VII. A severe shock in Crimea near Sevastopol where walls fissured and plaster fell, two lighthouses were fissured, in the Georgievski monastery the cupola cracked, more damage done at Kadykovka, Karani and near Balaklava, chimneys were thrown down and some damage was done. (reference #1099)