M6.5 earthquake Kuril Islands
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck in the Kuril Islands on Wed, Feb 16, 1927, 12:56 PM GMT+10 (02:56 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.5 (Mw, moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1927-02-16 02:56:31 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.363° N, 153.490° E
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.62
- Depth from
- From location
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.1east of the Kuril Islands · 36387 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 6.2east of the Kuril Islands · 36387 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 6.0Kuril Islands · 36387 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem909093. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.