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Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 96 km southeast of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Tuesday, August 12, 1969 at 09:25 GMT

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 8.2 quake Russia, 185 km east of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan, August 11, 1969 21:27 GMT, which had occurred 12 hours earlier.

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 96 km southeast of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Tuesday, August 12, 1969 at 09:25 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 26 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 12, 1969 09:25:40 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6
Depth	26.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	43.323°N / 147.713°E (North Pacific Ocean, Russia)
Antipode	43.323°S / 32.287°W
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Berutarube (141 km / 88 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	96 km (60 mi) ESE of Shikotan (pop: 2,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 168 km (105 mi) ESE of Yuzhno-Kurilsk (pop: 6,470) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 173 km (107 mi) E of Nemuro (Japan) (pop: 31,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 212 km (131 mi) E of Shibetsu (Japan) (pop: 21,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 274 km (170 mi) E of Kushiro (Japan) (pop: 183,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 288 km (179 mi) ESE of Abashiri (Japan) (pop: 42,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 297 km (184 mi) E of Motomachi (Abashiri District, Japan) (pop: 23,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 313 km (194 mi) E of Kitami (Japan) (pop: 113,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 369 km (229 mi) E of Obihiro (Japan) (pop: 173,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 535 km (332 mi) SE of Korsakov (pop: 35,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	6.3 x 10¹³ joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.0	26 km	Kuril Islands (Russia)	USGS

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (27 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Feb 3, 1970 19:17 53 years ago	5.7 29 km	Russia	More
Feb 2, 1970 18:05 53 years ago	5.8 26 km	Russia	More
Feb 2, 1970 17:49 53 years ago	6.0 30 km	82 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Feb 2, 1970 17:22 53 years ago	5.7 31 km	Russia	More
Dec 28, 1969 04:53 53 years ago	5.7 29 km	100 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Sep 29, 1969 17:58 54 years ago	5.8 25 km	99 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Sep 27, 1969 04:02 54 years ago	5.6 49 km	41 km E of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Sep 13, 1969 11:52 54 years ago	5.7 34 km	Russia, 169 km E of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan	More
Sep 6, 1969 07:43 54 years ago	5.7 42 km	61 km E of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Sep 4, 1969 21:12 54 years ago	5.7 30 km	59 km E of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 30, 1969 08:28 54 years ago	6.1 27 km	90 km E of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 30, 1969 07:11 54 years ago	6.4 26 km	94 km E of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 28, 1969 21:35 54 years ago	5.8 26 km	Russia, 177 km E of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan	More
Aug 27, 1969 03:26 54 years ago	5.7 35 km	Russia, 178 km E of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan	More
Aug 22, 1969 04:40 54 years ago	5.8 25 km	Russia, 199 km E of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan	More
Aug 21, 1969 13:24 54 years ago	5.8 29 km	187 km E of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 21, 1969 03:32 54 years ago	5.9 27 km	84 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 19, 1969 08:49 54 years ago	6.6 27 km	183 km E of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 16, 1969 17:13 54 years ago	5.6 33 km	Russia, 170 km E of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan	More
Aug 16, 1969 15:15 54 years ago	5.8 33 km	90 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 15, 1969 10:02 54 years ago	6.1 25 km	148 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 15, 1969 04:32 54 years ago	6.3 19 km	Russia, 187 km E of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan	More
Aug 14, 1969 14:19 54 years ago	7.1 28 km	92 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 13, 1969 03:29 54 years ago	5.8 35 km	72 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 12, 1969 23:05 54 years ago	6.0 31 km	Russia, 188 km E of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan	More
Aug 12, 1969 13:18 54 years ago	5.8 27 km	195 km E of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More
Aug 12, 1969 09:33 54 years ago	6.1 31 km	83 km E of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia	More

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