• Shallow M6.1 earthquake hits Kuril Islands, Russia

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit the Kuril Islands, Russia at 05:37 UTC on August 24, 2021. The agency is reporting and depth of 38 km (23.6 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles). The epicenter was located…

  • Strong M6.9 earthquake hits Kuril Islands at intermediate depth

    A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.9 hit Kuril Islands at 10:33 UTC on February 13, 2020, at a depth of 142.6 km (88.6 miles). The EMSC is reporting M6.9 at a depth of 150 km (93 miles). The epicenter was located 93 km (58 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk,…

  • Strong and shallow earthquake east of Kuril Islands, Russia

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit east of Kuril Islands, Russia at 22:06 UTC on March 28, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 9 km (5.6 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The epicenter was located…

  • Strong and shallow M6.5 earthquake near Kuril Islands, Russia

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.5 hit near the Kuril Islands, Russia at 23:16 UTC on October 10, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 17.5 km (10.8 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.4 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). This is the second…

  • Shallow M6.0 earthquake hits Kuril Islands region, Russia

    A shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit the Kuril Islands region, Russia at 07:45 UTC on October 9, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 42 km (26 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.0 at a depth of 35 km (21 miles). The quake was followed by M4.5 at…

  • Very strong M6.6 earthquake hit Kuril Islands, Russia

    A very strong earthquake measuring M6.6 on the Richter scale struck Kuril Islands, Russia, on July 20, 2014, at 18:32 UTC. USGS reports depth of 60.8 km (37.8 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.5 at depth of 10 km.Epicenter was located 94 km (58 miles) SE of Kuril&#

  • M 6.1 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Kuril-Kamchatka Arc

    EMSC is reporting 40 km deep M 6.1 earthquake at Kuril Islands, Russia, on November 25, 2013, at 05:56 UTC. USGS is reporting M 5.8 for this earthquake at depth of 39.5 km (24.5 miles).

    Epicenter was located 242 km (150 miles) E of Kuril'sk,