Strong Earthquake Strikes S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

CBL – 100902

M6.0 quake occurs 138km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

EQ Details

Magnitude: 6.0mww
Location: 49.430°N, 156.170°E; 42.0 km depth
Distances: 138km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
Time: 2018-10-09 07:45:14 (UTC)

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M5.9 Quake Strikes Kuril Trench

Strong quake occurs near Zenkavich Rise

Centered at 48.302°N, 154.285°E (about 296km SSW of Severo-Kurilsk), the quake struck at a depth of 34.0 km (21.1 mi), reported USGS/EHP.

The Kuril-Kamchatka Arc is a seismically hyperactive region. In November 5, 1952 a M9.0 event, the 5th largest recorded earthquake in history, generated a devastating tsunami with run-up wave heights measuring about 15, 18 and 12 meters striking along the coast of Paramushir (located in the northern portion of Kuril Islands chain) causing significant damage to many settlements in Sakhalin Oblast and Kamchatka Oblast, and destroying the town of Severo-Kurilsk.

After the earthquake most of the Severo-Kurilsk residents fled to the surrounding hills, and were spared by the first wave. However, many of them returned to the town only to be claimed by the second wave.

The tsunami killed about 2,340 people out of a population of 6,000. The survivors were evacuated to continental Russia, and new settlements were later built in different locations.

Significant Earthquake Strikes Kurile-Kamchatka Trench

M5.9 quake occurs near Zenkevich Rise, south of Kamchatka Peninsula

Centered at 48.851°N, 156.248°E  (203km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Paramushir Island, Russia) the quake occurred at a depth of 6.0 km, reported USGS/EHP.

The event occurred at 05:43:07 UTC on Wednesday< October 14, 2015 and was followed by at least one aftershock, measuring 5.0Mw, as of posting.

Significant Seismic Activity Off KURIL ISLANDS, E Russia

Significant Earthquakes Strike off Kuril Islands, Eastern Russia

Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time  Friday, March 01, 2013 at 13:20:50 UTC

Location 50.945°N, 157.476°E
Depth 31.7 km (19.7 miles)
Region KURIL ISLANDS
Distances
99 km (62 miles) ENE (72°) from Severo-Kuril’sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
244 km (152 miles) SSW (200°) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

EQ Location Map. Source: USGS/EHP

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Magnitude    6.5
Date-Time    Friday, March 01, 2013 at 12:53:52 UTC
Location    50.938°N, 157.511°E
Depth    40.9 km (25.4 miles)
Region    KURIL ISLANDS
Distances
101 km (63 miles) ENE (73°) from Severo-Kuril’sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
244 km (152 miles) SSW (199°) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

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Magnitude    6.9
Date-Time    Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 14:05:51 UTC
Location    50.934°N, 157.339°E
Depth    52.5 km (32.6 miles)
Region    KURIL ISLANDS
Distances
85 km (52 miles) SE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
234 km (145 miles) SSW of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
251 km (155 miles) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
261 km (162 miles) SSW of Yelizovo, Russia

Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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FIRE-EARTH models suggest a Mega Quake could strike the region in the next few weeks with a probability of about 70 percent.