August 4, 2000 Earthquake: Sakhalin Island, Uglegorsk, Makarov, Russia
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Sakhalin Island, Uglegorsk, Makarov, Russia on August 4, 2000 at 21:13:02 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- August 4, 2000
- Time
- 21:13:02 UTC
- Place
- Sakhalin Island, Uglegorsk, Makarov, Russia
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 48.786° N, 142.246° E
- Country
- Russia
The toll
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $920,000
- Houses damaged
- 1,390
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Eight people injured, 19,100 homeless, 1,390 buildings damaged and a landslide destroyed roads and power lines in the Uglegorsk-Makarov area. Estimated 920,000 US dollars damage. Felt (VI) at Krasnogorsk; (V) at Porechye and
Poronaysk; (IV) at Dalneye, Dolinsk and Kholmsk; (III)
at Pilvo and Starodubskoye. Also felt (III) at Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Kunashir and at Sovetskaya Gavan, Khabarovskiy Kray. Recorded (1 JMA) in the Wakkanai area, Hokkaido and on Rishiri-to, Japan. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5574.