M5.5 earthquake Kuril Islands

Magnitude

5.5 (mw), moderate

Local time

Tue, Aug 12, 1969, 7:27 AM JST

UTC

1969-08-11 22:27:46 UTC

Depth

22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

43.022° N, 147.347° E

Region

Japan

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.56

Depth from

From location

• Nemuro, JapanPopulation 31,223. Forecast148 kmESE
• Kushiro, JapanPopulation 167,875. Forecast242 kmE
• Sapporo, JapanPopulation 1,973,832. Forecast487 kmE

After

1. 5.8104 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 8:02 AM JST · 20867 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
2. 5.573 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 8:21 AM JST · 20867 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
3. 5.688 km E of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 8:42 AM JST · 20867 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
4. 6.2102 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 12:33 PM JST · 20867 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
5. 6.195 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 1:53 PM JST · 20867 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
6. 6.9120 km E of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 2:03 PM JST · 20867 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
7. 5.679 km SSE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 2:08 PM JST · 20867 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
8. 6.192 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 6:25 PM JST · 20867 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
9. 6.182 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 6:33 PM JST · 20867 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
10. 5.9114 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 10:18 PM JST · 20867 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
11. 5.797 km S of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Aug 13, 6:16 AM JST · 20867 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
12. 5.696 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Aug 13, 6:56 AM JST · 20866 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
13. 5.9106 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Aug 13, 8:05 AM JST · 20866 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
14. 5.771 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Aug 13, 12:29 PM JST · 20866 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
15. 5.6105 km S of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Aug 14, 2:07 AM JST · 20866 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
16. 7.193 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Aug 14, 11:19 PM JST · 20865 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
17. 6.3118 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaFri, Aug 15, 1:32 PM JST · 20864 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
18. 5.594 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaFri, Aug 15, 3:18 PM JST · 20864 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
19. 6.1148 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaFri, Aug 15, 7:02 PM JST · 20864 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
20. 5.5106 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Aug 16, 7:43 AM JST · 20863 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
21. 5.892 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Aug 17, 12:15 AM JST · 20863 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
22. 5.5101 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Aug 17, 2:13 AM JST · 20863 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
23. 5.6138 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Aug 21, 9:28 AM JST · 20858 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
24. 5.596 km SSE of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Aug 21, 11:44 AM JST · 20858 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
25. 5.884 km SSE of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Aug 21, 12:32 PM JST · 20858 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
26. 5.8113 km E of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Aug 21, 10:24 PM JST · 20858 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
27. 5.8139 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaFri, Aug 22, 1:40 PM JST · 20857 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
28. 5.7101 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Aug 27, 10:10 AM JST · 20852 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
29. 5.584 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Aug 27, 10:12 AM JST · 20852 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
30. 5.7102 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Aug 27, 12:26 PM JST · 20852 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
31. 5.8109 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaFri, Aug 29, 6:35 AM JST · 20850 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
32. 5.4117 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaFri, Aug 29, 12:09 PM JST · 20850 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
33. 6.496 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Aug 30, 4:11 PM JST · 20849 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
34. 5.763 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Aug 30, 4:54 PM JST · 20849 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
35. 6.294 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Aug 30, 5:28 PM JST · 20849 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
36. 5.596 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Sep 1, 6:49 PM JST · 20847 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
37. 5.761 km E of Shikotan, RussiaFri, Sep 5, 6:12 AM JST · 20844 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
38. 5.761 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Sep 6, 4:43 PM JST · 20842 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
39. 5.6105 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Sep 13, 8:52 PM JST · 20835 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
40. 5.6132 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Sep 14, 3:11 PM JST · 20834 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
41. 5.6101 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Sep 14, 9:49 PM JST · 20834 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
42. 5.641 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Sep 27, 1:02 PM JST · 20821 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
43. 5.8102 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Sep 30, 2:58 AM JST · 20819 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away

Before

1. 5.533 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 7:01 AM JST · 20867 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
2. 6.286 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 6:40 AM JST · 20867 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
3. 6.141 km S of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 6:36 AM JST · 20867 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
4. 8.21969 Hokkaido Toho-oki EarthquakeTue, Aug 12, 6:27 AM JST · 20868 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
5. 6.294 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 6:27 AM JST · 20868 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
6. 6.2105 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Aug 12, 6:26 AM JST · 20868 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem805447. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC.