M6.3 earthquake Kuril Islands
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in the Kuril Islands on Wed, Nov 7, 1951, 4:50 AM GMT+10 (18:50 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 east of the Kuril Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.3 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1951-11-06 18:50:33 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.276° N, 154.268° 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
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.8Kuril Islands · 27347 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
- 6.5east of the Kuril Islands · 27344 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem894893. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.