M5.0 earthquake Kuril Islands

Magnitude

5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sun, Mar 26, 1978, 3:10 AM JST

UTC

1978-03-25 18:10:02 UTC

Depth

45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

44.076° N, 148.984° E

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES

Stations used

106

• Nemuro, JapanPopulation 31,223. Forecast287 kmENE
• Kushiro, JapanPopulation 167,875. Forecast391 kmENE
• Sapporo, JapanPopulation 1,973,832. Forecast625 kmENE

After

1. 4.2162 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:51 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
2. 4.4136 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 7:45 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
3. 5.6139 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 8:52 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
4. 5.0138 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 9:53 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
5. 4.8166 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 11:51 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
6. 4.6181 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 1:06 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
7. 4.8129 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 1:48 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
8. 5.4162 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 3:00 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
9. 4.9Kuril IslandsSun, Mar 26, 4:09 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
10. 4.4185 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:31 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
11. 4.8168 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:36 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
12. 4.8143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 7:29 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
13. 5.1155 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 8:01 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
14. 5.1158 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 11:54 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away
15. 4.9136 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 2:39 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
16. 4.8164 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 5:35 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
17. 4.7172 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 5:46 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
18. 5.3136 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 6:03 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
19. 4.469 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 7:09 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
20. 4.7165 km E of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 8:02 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
21. 4.8144 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 8:11 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
22. 5.2169 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 8:56 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
23. 4.7139 km E of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 11:41 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
24. 4.6167 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 7:14 PM JST · 17720 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
25. 4.6149 km E of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 10:12 PM JST · 17720 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
26. 4.2166 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 3:24 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
27. 4.5170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 3:51 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
28. 4.7149 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 5:48 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
29. 4.5131 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 11:38 AM JST · 17719 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
30. 4.4158 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 2:04 PM JST · 17719 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
31. 4.5150 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 7:45 PM JST · 17719 days ago · 54 km deep · 17 km away
32. 5.0172 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 8:01 PM JST · 17719 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
33. 4.9119 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 10:48 PM JST · 17719 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
34. 5.2136 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Mar 29, 6:13 AM JST · 17719 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
35. 5.5180 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Mar 29, 7:12 AM JST · 17719 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
36. 4.6182 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Mar 29, 11:40 AM JST · 17718 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
37. 4.4133 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Mar 29, 2:46 PM JST · 17718 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
38. 4.7145 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 1:06 AM JST · 17718 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
39. 5.1127 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 11:37 AM JST · 17717 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
40. 4.9177 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 2:16 PM JST · 17717 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
41. 4.6179 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 5:28 PM JST · 17717 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
42. 4.9170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 9:32 PM JST · 17717 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
43. 4.7143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Apr 3, 6:16 PM JST · 17713 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
44. 4.9148 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Apr 5, 11:02 PM JST · 17711 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
45. 5.2153 km E of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Apr 6, 1:04 AM JST · 17711 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
46. 4.8137 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 12:23 AM JST · 17710 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
47. 5.8147 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 4:44 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
48. 5.3149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 5:29 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
49. 4.5189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 10:41 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
50. 4.4103 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 10:45 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
51. 4.6157 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Apr 9, 1:19 AM JST · 17708 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
52. 4.459 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Apr 9, 4:55 PM JST · 17707 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
53. 4.7146 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Apr 11, 9:26 PM JST · 17705 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
54. 5.4109 km S of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Apr 12, 10:22 AM JST · 17704 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
55. 4.8160 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Apr 17, 4:04 AM JST · 17700 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
56. 5.5153 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Apr 18, 8:43 PM JST · 17698 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
57. 5.0151 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Apr 19, 1:01 PM JST · 17697 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
58. 4.7157 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 20, 7:25 AM JST · 17697 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
59. 4.7128 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 20, 10:40 PM JST · 17696 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
60. 4.7Kuril IslandsMon, Apr 24, 12:06 PM JST · 17692 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

1. 5.2145 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 1:55 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
2. 4.4130 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 12:45 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
3. 4.8165 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 12:21 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
4. 5.0150 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 12:09 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
5. 4.4149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 11:41 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
6. 4.5133 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:54 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
7. 4.7141 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:50 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
8. 5.4146 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:40 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
9. 4.3156 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:19 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
10. 5.0131 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:00 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
11. 4.7104 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:56 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
12. 5.1154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:14 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 1 km away
13. 5.0143 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:55 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
14. 5.0154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:48 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 0 km away
15. 4.784 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:21 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
16. 5.3152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:01 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 50 km deep · 3 km away
17. 4.990 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:54 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
18. 4.3156 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:32 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
19. 4.3147 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:17 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
20. 4.9144 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:10 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000tqd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.