May 30, 2004 Earthquake: Sakhalin, Yuzhno, Sakhalinsk, Russia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Sakhalin, Yuzhno, Sakhalinsk, Russia on May 30, 2004 at 02:52:12 UTC, 14 km below the surface.
Map
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
- May 30, 2004
- Time
- 02:52:12 UTC
- Place
- Sakhalin, Yuzhno, Sakhalinsk, Russia
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 14 km (9 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 47.311° N, 142.120° E
- Country
- Russia
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- 46
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.
Forty-six houses
damaged in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk area. Felt (VI) at
Kostromskoye; (V) at Chekhov and Pionery; (III) at
Kholmsk. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 2, 2007, Tatar Strait, Russia
- September 6, 1971, Kholmsk, Russia
- September 5, 1971, Sakhalin, Moneron Island, Russia
- September 8, 1971, Tatar Strait, Russia
- September 27, 1971, Sakhalin, Moneron Island, Russia
- September 8, 1971, Tatar Strait, Russia
- August 4, 2000, Sakhalin Island, Uglegorsk, Makarov, Russia
More
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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 5784.