M 5.9 earthquake – 266 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
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Local time: Oct 16, 1963 · 03:23 (UTC+9)
ModerateShallow · 30 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.9moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 30 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 45.132, 151.264496 km from Nemuro
- Energy released
- 11 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 543USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 14, 1963.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 11 kilotons of TNT, 22 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Russia.
- 8.5 1963 Kuril Islands Earthquake Oct 13, 1963
- 8.3 2006 Kuril Islands Earthquake Nov 15, 2006
- 8.3 1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake Nov 6, 1958
- 8.1 2007 Kuril Islands Earthquake Jan 13, 2007
- 8.1 1918 Kuril Islands Earthquake Sep 7, 1918
- 7.9 128 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia Dec 3, 1995
- 7.8 east of the Kuril Islands Nov 8, 1918
- 7.8 217 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia Oct 20, 1963