by A massive earthquake of the size of 8.8 sizes hit the Russia’s Far East Peninsula on Tuesday.
The earthquake was flat in the US Geological Survey, with its epicenter at a depth of about 19 km (12 miles) and 119 km east of the Russia, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatky-Stadt with a population of around 165,000 people in East Südost Russia.
Earthquakes are caused when the rocky tectonic plates of the planet float on magma, rub against each other, release massive amounts of energy.
While the Richter scale was traditionally used and is mainly effective for regional earthquakes up to size 5, the moment size is used for larger tremors because it takes into account more factors such as the size of the error break.
Quake sizes are measured on a logarithmic scale, which means that a quake near size 9 is 1,000 times more powerful than a measure 6.
The kindergarten damaged by the earthquake can be seen in Russia Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (via Reuters)
The biggest quake in the recorded story
The devastation of life and property caused by an earthquake often depends on a number of factors, such as the distance from the epicenter of the quake, the architecture of a region and its population density as well as the depth of the earthquake event and its surrounding geological conditions as well as effects such as tsunamis.
For example, an earthquake that hit Morocco and measured a size of 6.8 led to almost 3,000 deaths than was only about 12 to 18 km at a low depth.
On October 5, 2023, a man is looking for Morocco through the debris in the Earthbebendorf Imi N’tala (AFP via Getty Images).
The biggest earthquake in the listed story was one of the size 9.5, which hit Valdivia, Chile, in 1960 and killed in various sources of 1,000 to 6,000 people.
His epicenter was in a subduction zone in which the Pacific continental tectonic plate dives under the South American plate.
The second largest quake with a size of 9.2 met Alaska in 1964 and was also in a subduction zone in which the Pacific plate dipped under the North American plate.
A little girl and her mother are looking for familiar objects on May 26, 1960 in Puerto Montt, Chile, for the earthquake and the tidal waves that met the area on May 22, 1960 (AFP via Getty Images)
While the earthquake in Alaska killed fewer than 150 people on a scale that is comparable to the chilli quake, with 15 caused directly to the earthquake and over 120 by a resulting tsunami.
The big earthquake in Tohuku, which hit Japan in 2011, had 9.1 of the size of 9.1, but triggered a massive tsunami waves, which was over 40 meters high in some areas, which led to over 15,000 deaths and repressed over 130,000 people.
On March 22, 2011, a policeman will look for corpses in Rikuzentakata, Prefecture of the Iwate (AFP via Getty Images) who are looking for bodies looking for bodies looking for bodies that the Prefecture Iwate, which via Getty Images).
In the current century, the notorious earthquake of the Indian Ocean with 9.3 m is the greatest size and triggers a devastating tsunami in which a quarter of a million people killed people.
Warning sign
Some megaquakes were preceded by smaller “prerequisites”. However, such smaller tremors can only be identified in the same area after a larger earthquake. In the case of Russian earthquake, scientists discovered several projects last month that have met in the region.
An earthquake of size 7.4, which was recorded in the region on July 20, could now be seen as a model for earthquake this morning.
“A clear Megathrust event of subduction. And another M> 8.5 event with a remarkable M7.4 in the same place), such as Tohoku 2011. Tsunami warnings/watches should be taken seriously,” said seismologist Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest -Seismic Network, in a contribution in X on X.
While the area affected by this 8.8 -M, the number of people in and around the region is “limited”, according to the USGS.
“Interestingly, the M8.8 -Erdbieben was preceded by a number of highly intensive preliminary negotiations this morning, including an earthquake of MW 7.4 and three MW 6.6 -Erdbieben (July 20, 2025), as well as a number of smaller earthquakes in front of the main earthquake,” said seismologist Dimo Salomo Sanpar from Indonesia from Indonesia.
“The curtache phenomenon was also observed in other megathe -earthquake events,” said Dr. Salomo Sianpar in a translated post.
In the remote region of Russia, several people were injured after the quake of 8.8, and Japan published a Tsunami council and warned its eastern coast of waves of up to 3 m (10 feet).
According to the Russian Ministry of Rescue Services, no serious injuries or deaths were reported.
The USSunami warning system also gave a warning of “dangerous tsunami waves” within the next three hours.
