Region
Sakhalin
Russia · Europe
Sakhalin is a region of Russia, in Europe. It spans the Okhotsk and Amur plates. Records include 30 volcanoes, 1 major earthquake since 1900 and 22 tsunamis observed on its coasts.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- LandslideMedium
- WildfireMedium
- River FloodLow
- Extreme HeatLow
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Volcanoes (30)
- Ebeko 2024
- Chikurachki 2023
- Alaid 2022
- Sarychev Peak 2021
- Etorofu-Yakeyama [Grozny Group] 2013
- Ekarma 2010
- Chachadake [Tiatia] 1981
- Kolokol Group 1973
- Ketoi 1960
- Zavaritzki Caldera 1957
- Rasshua 1957
- Tao-Rusyr Caldera 1952
- Sashiusudake [Baransky] 1951
- Nemo Peak 1938
- Kharimkotan 1933
- Etorofu-Atosanupuri [Atosanupuri] 1932
- Milna 1914
- Raususan [Mendeleev] 1880
- Sinarka 1878
- Fuss Peak 1854
- Tomariyama [Golovnin] 1848
- Prevo Peak 1825
- Ruruidake [Smirnov] ?
- Berutarubesan [Berutarube] ?
- Hitokappu Volcano Group [Bogatyr Ridge] ?
- Ivao Group ?
- Uratman ?
- Karpinsky Group ?
- Vernadsky Ridge ?
- Odamoisan [Tebenkov] ?
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 19951995 Neftegorsk Earthquake · M 7.11,989 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2025Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · 17.0 m1 deaths
- 2007Tatar Strait, Russia · 3.2 m2 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 1995Sakhalin Island, Russia · 0.1 m1,989 deaths
- 1994South Kuril Islands, Russia · 10.4 m11 deaths
- 1983Noshiro, Japan · 14.9 m104 deaths
- 1975South Kuril Islands, Russia · 5.5 m
- 1973Hokkaido Island, Japan · 6.0 m
- 1971Tatar Strait, Russia · 2.0 m
- 1969South Kuril Islands, Russia · 5.0 m
- 1968Off East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan · 6.0 m52 deaths
- 1965Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Ak, United States of America · 10.7 m
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002