Russian Earthquakes 
The last 30 days
7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Russia's Far East at a depth of 160 kilometres (100 miles), in the mountainous Kamchatka Krai region on Russia's eastern coast.
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
28 days ago 4.8 magnitude, 71 km depth
Severo-Kuril’sk, Sakhalin, Russia
30 days ago 4.9 magnitude, 79 km depth
Ozernovskiy, Kamtsjatka, Russia
History
The massive, magnitude-8.2 temblor that struck on May 24,2013 near
Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is the deepest earthquake
ever recorded and could be felt all the way to Moscow, 4000 miles away. At 378 miles below the seafloor, broke the previous record set in Bolivia, in 1994. What they are doing
Russian Emergencies Ministry responsibilities include:
providing for the functioning and further development of the Russian System of Disaster Management (RSDM);
directing activities aimed at eliminating the consequences of large-scale disasters, catastrophes and other emergencies;
Cooperation in the mapping sciences with the Russian Federal Service on Geodesy and Cartographyrevention and Awareness.Collaborative studies of the major deposits, metallogenesis, and tectonics of Russia with the Committee on Geology and Academy of Sciences.
Cooperartion in seismology & geodynamics between USGS/NSF/the
Ministry of Science & Technologies/the Russian Academy of
Sciences of the Russian Federation.
Cooperation development of GIS applications to support environment
protection & the sustainable development of natural resources in
the Russian Federation with Main Research Info. Computer Center of
Russian Ministry of Natl. Resources.
ww.usgs.gov/ecosystems/international/russia.html
http://earthquaketrack.com
http://www.usgs.gov
That is along list of preventive measures...I wonder if they do drills of some sort in areas that are really at risk of big shakes....this is a really big country...and it seems the risky areas are not over the most populated ones, which are on the west...
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