Very strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - 123 km east of Shikotan Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Monday, February 2, 1925 at 19:46 GMT
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Very strong magnitude 6.8 earthquake at 35 km depth
Magnitude: 6.8
Depth: 35.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 43.415°N / 148.187°E

Antipode: 43.415°S / 31.813°W
Nearest volcano: Berutarube (153 km / 95 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
126 km (78 mi) ESE of Shikotan (pop: 2,100) --> See nearby quakes!
199 km (124 mi) ESE of Yuzhno-Kurilsk (pop: 6,470) --> See nearby quakes!
200 km (124 mi) ESE of Otrada (pop: 3,220) --> See nearby quakes!
211 km (131 mi) E of Nemuro (Japan) (pop: 31,200) --> See nearby quakes!
248 km (154 mi) E of Shibetsu (Japan) (pop: 21,700) --> See nearby quakes!
313 km (194 mi) E of Kushiro (Japan) (pop: 183,600) --> See nearby quakes!
322 km (200 mi) E of Abashiri (Japan) (pop: 42,500) --> See nearby quakes!
333 km (207 mi) E of Motomachi (Abashiri District, Japan) (pop: 23,000) --> See nearby quakes!
349 km (217 mi) E of Kitami (Japan) (pop: 113,100) --> See nearby quakes!
401 km (249 mi) ESE of Mombetsu (Japan) (pop: 26,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1015 joules (278 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.4 x 105 tons of TNT or 14.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
6.8 | 35 km | east of the Kuril Islands (Russia) | USGS |
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