August 14, 2012 Earthquake: Sakhalin Island, Russia
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Sakhalin Island, Russia on August 14, 2012 at 02:59:38 UTC, 583 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
- August 14, 2012
- Time
- 02:59:38 UTC
- Place
- Sakhalin Island, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 583 km (362 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 49.800° N, 145.064° E
- Country
- Russia
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Felt (V) at Poronaysk and (III) at Yuzhno-
Sakhalinsk, Russia. Also felt at Magadan, Yakutsk and
in much of Sakhalin. Felt (III) at Misawa and Tokyo,
Japan. Also felt in parts of Hokkaido and northern
Honshu. Felt at Harbin, China. Recorded (3 JMA) in
southern and eastern Hokkaido. Also recorded (3 JMA)
in Aomori and Iwate, Honshu. (reference #1053)
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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 9929.