Russia earthquakes in 1959
25 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Russia in 1959. The largest: M7.9 76 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, May 4, 1959.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1959 was located in Russia. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1959
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 6.0174 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 24 km deep
- 6.5144 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 40 km deep
- 6.634 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 27 km deep
- 5.9151 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 25 km deep
- 6.0149 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 25 km deep
- 5.9off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · 25 km deep
- 5.9163 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 25 km deep
- 5.6219 km SSE of Batagay, Russia · 15 km deep
- 6.7264 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 62 km deep
- 5.449 km SSW of Khuzhir, Russia · 15 km deep
- 6.146 km E of Yelantsy, Russia · 10 km deep
- 5.5147 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 25 km deep
- 6.1152 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 25 km deep
- 5.557 km NNW of Smirnykh, Russia · 15 km deep
- 5.7124 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 25 km deep
- 6.9108 km SE of Mil’kovo, Russia · 10 km deep
- 5.8152 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 45 km deep
- 6.3Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region · 25 km deep
- 5.6189 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 15 km deep
- 5.8140 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 57 km deep
- 6.343 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia · 15 km deep
- 7.976 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 55 km deep
- 5.6245 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 25 km deep
- 5.2198 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia · 25 km deep
- 5.9128 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 20 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1959 | 0 | ||
| February 1959 | 1 | 5.9 | 128 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia |
| March 1959 | 2 | 5.6 | 245 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia |
| April 1959 | 0 | ||
| May 1959 | 6 | 7.9 | 76 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia |
| June 1959 | 1 | 6.9 | 108 km SE of Mil’kovo, Russia |
| July 1959 | 2 | 5.7 | 124 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia |
| August 1959 | 4 | 6.1 | 46 km E of Yelantsy, Russia |
| September 1959 | 0 | ||
| October 1959 | 2 | 6.7 | 264 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia |
| November 1959 | 0 | ||
| December 1959 | 7 | 6.6 | 34 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
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Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.