Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Kuril Islands on Tuesday, 9 October 2018 - information
Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 1 km southeast of Ostrov Ptenets Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Tuesday, 9 October 2018 at 07:45 (GMT)
This quake was likely a foreshock of the 6.6 quake North Pacific Ocean, 1 km southeast of Ostrov Dym Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, 10 October 2018 23:16 GMT, which followed after 1 day 16 hours.
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Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 10 km depth
9 Oct 07:54 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.
Magnitude: 6
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 49.39°N / 156.34°E

Nearest volcano: Karpinsky (108 km / 67 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
144 km (89 mi) S of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) --> See nearby quakes!
419 km (261 mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) --> See nearby quakes!
437 km (272 mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop: 187,300) --> See nearby quakes!
446 km (277 mi) SSW of Yelizovo (pop: 40,700) --> See nearby quakes!
7025 km (4365 mi) NE of Moscow (pop: 10,381,200) --> See nearby quakes!
100 km (62 mi) SSE of Ostrov Ptenets Island --> See nearby quakes!
173 km (107 mi) SSE of Alaid Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 6.0 | 10 km | Kuril Islands | GFZ |
M 6.0 | 35 km | KURIL ISLANDS | EMSC |
M 6.1 | 45 km | Kuril Islands | GeoAu |
M 6.0 | 42 km | - 138km S of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia | USGS |
M 6.2 | 30 km | 千岛群岛 | CEIC |
M 6.2 | 0.8 km | Kuril Islands, Russia [Sea: Russia] | INGV |
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1933.4 km SW of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Kunashir / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : my dog dick fell off and he was flattened like a pancake by my car
Aftershocks of the 6.0 quake North Pacific Ocean, 1 km southeast of Ostrov Ptenets Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, 9 October 2018 07:45 GMT
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (12 quakes):- 20 Mar 2019 23:45 UTC| M 4.3 |62 km (38.5 mi) depth|41 km (26 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 22 Feb 2019 08:01 UTC| M 4.7 |44 km (27.3 mi) depth|13 km (8 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 11 Nov 2018 01:50 UTC| M 4.6 |42.1 km (26.2 mi) depth|40 km (25 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 20 Oct 2018 09:51 UTC| M 4.8 |40 km (24.9 mi) depth|10 km (6 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 12 Oct 2018 22:22 UTC| M 5.0 |60 km (37.3 mi) depth|20 km (13 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 11 Oct 2018 15:08 UTC| M 4.9 |65 km (40.4 mi) depth|21 km (13 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 11 Oct 2018 05:47 UTC| M 5.5 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|23 km (14 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 11 Oct 2018 03:38 UTC| M 4.8 |87 km (54.1 mi) depth|39 km (24 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 11 Oct 2018 02:16 UTC| M 5.5 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|17 km (10 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 11 Oct 2018 00:14 UTC| M 5.5 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|14 km (9 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 10 Oct 2018 23:16 UTC| M 6.6 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|8 km (5 mi) distance| GFZ | Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 1 km southeast of Ostrov Dym Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Wednesday, 10 October 2018 at 23:16 (GMT)
- 09 Oct 2018 08:07 UTC| M 4.5 |35 km (21.7 mi) depth|8 km (5 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
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