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Russian Federation (the): Earthquake: 2007/08/02 Country Information on DRR

Period 2007/08/02
Country or District Russian Federation (the)
Event Type Earthquake
Outline On August 2, 2007 at 1:37:43 PM, a destructive earthquake killed at least one person and injured two others in Sakhalin.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Report/Articles

OCHA ReliefWeb 2007/08/03
Russian quake leaves 2,000 homeless in Far East

Reuters AlertNet 2007/08/02
A series of three earthquakes killed two people on Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin on Thursday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

CNN 2007/08/02
A strong quake hit near Sakhalin island in Russia's Far East on 2 August 2007, reportedly killing one person and sending small tsunami waves to northern Japan.

Interfax 2007/08/02
A destructive earthquake killed at least one person and injured two others in Sakhalin on 2 August, 2007. The earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 1:37 p.m. local time on Thursday, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station told Interfax.

Geographycal Data

OCHA ReliefWeb 2007/08/02
Russian Federation: Earthquake on Sakhalin Island - Location Map