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Russia earthquakes in 1981

148 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Russia in 1981. The largest: M6.6 31 km SE of Shikotan, Russia, Sep 3, 1981.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Where every quake of 1981 was located in Russia. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1981

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 5.276 km E of Shikotan, Russia · 62 km deep
  2. 4.6167 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 33 km deep
  3. 4.981 km NNW of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  4. 5.272 km SE of Mil’kovo, Russia · 33 km deep
  5. 5.491 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 42 km deep
  6. 5.4155 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 55 km deep
  7. 4.579 km NNE of Otrada, Russia · 128 km deep
  8. 4.6163 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  9. 5.2291 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia · 35 km deep
  10. 5.826 km WNW of Slavyanka, Russia · 543 km deep
  11. 5.5224 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 48 km deep
  12. 5.0270 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia · 48 km deep
  13. 5.142 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 59 km deep
  14. 4.8239 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 26 km deep
  15. 4.6111 km NNE of Myaundzha, Russia · 33 km deep
  16. 5.668 km NE of Talaya, Russia · 33 km deep
  17. 4.5187 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 69 km deep
  18. 4.8134 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 40 km deep
  19. 5.064 km E of Shikotan, Russia · 43 km deep
  20. 4.7Caucasus region, Russia · 33 km deep
  21. 4.6Caucasus region, Russia · 33 km deep
  22. 4.50 km E of Zakan-Yurt, Russia · 33 km deep
  23. 5.73 km SSE of Samashki, Russia · 33 km deep
  24. 4.897 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia · 83 km deep
  25. 5.365 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia · 112 km deep
  26. 4.992 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia · 33 km deep
  27. 4.724 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 123 km deep
  28. 4.79 km SSW of Slavyanka, Russia · 534 km deep
  29. 5.17 km NW of Shikotan, Russia · 75 km deep
  30. 5.9281 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia · 33 km deep
  31. 4.7132 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 33 km deep
  32. 4.971 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  33. 5.748 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 46 km deep
  34. 4.913 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 33 km deep
  35. 5.326 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 33 km deep
  36. 6.631 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 45 km deep
  37. 4.7Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region · 33 km deep
  38. 4.6260 km SSE of Batagay, Russia · 33 km deep
  39. 4.8104 km N of Otrada, Russia · 197 km deep
  40. 6.0235 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 40 km deep
  41. 4.6159 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  42. 5.146 km W of Kungurtug, Russia · 17 km deep
  43. 4.696 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  44. 5.2near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · 50 km deep
  45. 4.58 km NNW of Kozyrëvsk, Russia · 37 km deep
  46. 4.7137 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 39 km deep
  47. 5.5173 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  48. 4.548 km NNE of Yelizovo, Russia · 33 km deep
  49. 4.6143 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  50. 4.791 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia · 43 km deep
  51. 4.8191 km ESE of Korsakov, Russia · 46 km deep
  52. 4.692 km ENE of Ozernovskiy, Russia · 33 km deep
  53. 5.169 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 42 km deep
  54. 4.6108 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 76 km deep
  55. 4.636 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 76 km deep
  56. 4.675 km SW of Kuril’sk, Russia · 105 km deep
  57. 5.999 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  58. 5.475 km SE of Terney, Russia · 295 km deep
  59. 4.990 km SW of Paratunka, Russia · 70 km deep
  60. 5.168 km NNW of Ust’-Barguzin, Russia · 33 km deep
  61. 5.130 km S of Shebunino, Russia · 33 km deep
  62. 5.132 km NNW of Babushkin, Russia · 29 km deep
  63. 5.2160 km SSE of Omsukchan, Russia · 10 km deep
  64. 5.4176 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 48 km deep
  65. 4.7209 km NE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 156 km deep
  66. 5.4177 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  67. 5.0180 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  68. 5.17 km SE of Shatoy, Russia · 33 km deep
  69. 5.4196 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  70. 4.8184 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  71. 5.291 km NNE of Otrada, Russia · 134 km deep
  72. 5.1177 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  73. 4.8179 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  74. 5.4177 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  75. 5.3180 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  76. 4.9174 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  77. 4.5259 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia · 33 km deep
  78. 6.1289 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia · 49 km deep
  79. 4.8117 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  80. 5.0219 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 120 km deep
  81. 4.6193 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 33 km deep
  82. 4.785 km ESE of Teribërka, Russia · 31 km deep
  83. 4.938 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia · 33 km deep
  84. 5.3126 km E of Shikotan, Russia · 35 km deep
  85. 4.973 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 33 km deep
  86. 4.7178 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  87. 5.1204 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia · 33 km deep
  88. 5.2267 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  89. 4.891 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 33 km deep
  90. 4.5246 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  91. 4.882 km S of Tungor, Russia · 33 km deep
  92. 5.2140 km NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 76 km deep
  93. 4.951 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 38 km deep
  94. 5.0165 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  95. 4.5168 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  96. 4.8124 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 33 km deep
  97. 4.761 km SSW of Severomuysk, Russia · 33 km deep
  98. 4.9107 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  99. 5.697 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  100. 5.1282 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  101. 5.0140 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  102. 4.5134 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  103. 5.9132 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  104. 4.9166 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia · 33 km deep
  105. 4.7250 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  106. 4.84 km NNW of Turka, Russia · 33 km deep
  107. 4.7165 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia · 53 km deep
  108. 5.2260 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  109. 4.593 km WNW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  110. 4.5232 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  111. 4.8212 km SE of Ol’ga, Russia · 284 km deep
  112. 4.5236 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  113. 4.6off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · 33 km deep
  114. 4.6256 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  115. 4.6252 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  116. 5.1253 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  117. 5.2251 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 27 km deep
  118. 4.8264 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  119. 4.5247 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  120. 5.4258 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  121. 4.8256 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  122. 4.8265 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  123. 4.7246 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  124. 5.2257 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  125. 4.6246 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  126. 5.5261 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  127. 4.6254 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  128. 4.9259 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  129. 4.8245 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  130. 4.9264 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  131. 4.686 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia · 127 km deep
  132. 4.769 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 33 km deep
  133. 5.3260 km ESE of Poronaysk, Russia · 479 km deep
  134. 5.0121 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 33 km deep
  135. 5.9251 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 33 km deep
  136. 4.8298 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  137. 5.243 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 59 km deep
  138. 4.525 km WSW of Lazarevskoye, Russia · 33 km deep
  139. 4.5296 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  140. 4.5247 km WNW of Tiksi, Russia · 33 km deep
  141. 4.957 km SW of Novaya Chara, Russia · 33 km deep
  142. 5.1151 km NE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 123 km deep
  143. 4.5159 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  144. 5.0273 km NE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 154 km deep
  145. 4.632 km E of Khuzhir, Russia · 33 km deep
  146. 5.2174 km SE of Atlasovo, Russia · 33 km deep
  147. 4.683 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  148. 5.5151 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1981 in Russia.

  1. 6.631 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 45 km deep
  2. 6.1289 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia · 49 km deep
  3. 6.0235 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 40 km deep
  4. 5.9281 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia · 33 km deep
  5. 5.999 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  6. 5.9132 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  7. 5.9251 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 33 km deep
  8. 5.826 km WNW of Slavyanka, Russia · 543 km deep
  9. 5.73 km SSE of Samashki, Russia · 33 km deep
  10. 5.748 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 46 km deep
  11. 5.668 km NE of Talaya, Russia · 33 km deep
  12. 5.697 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  13. 5.5224 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 48 km deep
  14. 5.5173 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  15. 5.5261 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  16. 5.5151 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  17. 5.491 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 42 km deep
  18. 5.4155 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 55 km deep
  19. 5.475 km SE of Terney, Russia · 295 km deep
  20. 5.4176 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 48 km deep
  21. 5.4177 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  22. 5.4196 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  23. 5.4177 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 33 km deep
  24. 5.4258 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia · 33 km deep
  25. 5.365 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia · 112 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1981135.5151 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
February 1981385.9132 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
March 1981115.2267 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
April 1981106.1289 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia
May 1981195.475 km SE of Terney, Russia
June 198185.999 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
July 198165.5173 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
August 198176.0235 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
September 198166.631 km SE of Shikotan, Russia
October 1981135.9281 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
November 198185.826 km WNW of Slavyanka, Russia
December 198195.491 km SE of Shikotan, 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.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Russia nowWorldwide in 1981

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.