M4.9 earthquake Kuril Islands

Magnitude

4.9 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sun, Mar 26, 1978, 4:09 PM JST

UTC

1978-03-26 07:09:57 UTC

Depth

41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

44.461° N, 149.675° E

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES

Stations used

93

• Nemuro, JapanPopulation 31,223. Forecast352 kmENE
• Kushiro, JapanPopulation 167,875. Forecast457 kmENE
• Sapporo, JapanPopulation 1,973,832. Forecast686 kmENE

After

1. 4.4185 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:31 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
2. 4.8168 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:36 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
3. 4.8143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 7:29 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
4. 5.1155 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 8:01 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
5. 5.1158 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 11:54 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
6. 4.9136 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 2:39 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
7. 4.8164 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 5:35 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
8. 4.7172 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 5:46 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
9. 5.3136 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 6:03 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
10. 4.469 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 7:09 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
11. 4.7165 km E of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 8:02 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
12. 4.8144 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 8:11 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
13. 5.2169 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 8:56 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
14. 4.6167 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Mar 27, 7:14 PM JST · 17720 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
15. 4.2166 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 3:24 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
16. 4.5170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 3:51 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
17. 4.7149 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 5:48 AM JST · 17720 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
18. 4.5131 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 11:38 AM JST · 17719 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
19. 4.4158 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 2:04 PM JST · 17719 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
20. 4.5150 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 7:45 PM JST · 17719 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
21. 5.0172 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Mar 28, 8:01 PM JST · 17719 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
22. 5.5180 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Mar 29, 7:12 AM JST · 17718 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
23. 4.6182 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Mar 29, 11:40 AM JST · 17718 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
24. 4.7145 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 1:06 AM JST · 17718 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
25. 5.1127 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 11:37 AM JST · 17717 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
26. 4.9177 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 2:16 PM JST · 17717 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
27. 4.6179 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 5:28 PM JST · 17717 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
28. 4.9170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 30, 9:32 PM JST · 17717 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
29. 5.2197 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Apr 1, 7:59 PM GMT+10 · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
30. 5.3173 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Apr 1, 7:51 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
31. 4.9196 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Apr 1, 10:44 PM GMT+10 · 17715 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
32. 4.7196 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Apr 2, 7:29 PM GMT+10 · 17714 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
33. 4.7143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Apr 3, 6:16 PM JST · 17713 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
34. 4.9148 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Apr 5, 11:02 PM JST · 17711 days ago · 49 km deep · 25 km away
35. 4.5183 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 1:10 PM GMT+10 · 17709 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
36. 5.8147 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 4:44 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
37. 5.3149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 5:29 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
38. 4.5189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 10:41 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
39. 4.4103 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 10:45 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
40. 4.6157 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Apr 9, 1:19 AM JST · 17708 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
41. 4.7146 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Apr 11, 9:26 PM JST · 17705 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
42. 4.8160 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Apr 17, 4:04 AM JST · 17700 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
43. 5.5153 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Apr 18, 8:43 PM JST · 17698 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
44. 5.0151 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Apr 19, 1:01 PM JST · 17697 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
45. 4.7157 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 20, 7:25 AM JST · 17696 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
46. 4.7128 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 20, 10:40 PM JST · 17696 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
47. 4.7Kuril IslandsMon, Apr 24, 12:06 PM JST · 17692 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
48. 4.8129 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 27, 12:20 AM JST · 17690 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
49. 4.6149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 27, 2:42 AM JST · 17690 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
50. 5.0149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 27, 3:35 AM JST · 17690 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
51. 5.4167 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 27, 3:38 AM JST · 17690 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
52. 4.7138 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 28, 7:55 AM JST · 17688 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
53. 5.0204 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Apr 30, 1:34 AM GMT+10 · 17687 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
54. 5.1174 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, May 1, 3:54 PM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
55. 4.5163 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, May 1, 4:12 PM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
56. 4.3183 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, May 1, 11:21 PM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
57. 4.6165 km E of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, May 2, 12:53 AM GMT+10 · 17685 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
58. 4.5104 km E of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, May 2, 1:31 AM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
59. 5.1180 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, May 2, 2:59 AM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
60. 5.3168 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, May 5, 6:40 AM JST · 17681 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

1. 5.4162 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 3:00 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
2. 4.6181 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 1:06 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
3. 4.8166 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 11:51 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
4. 4.4136 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 7:45 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
5. 4.2162 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:51 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
6. 5.0Kuril IslandsSun, Mar 26, 3:10 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
7. 5.2145 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 1:55 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
8. 4.4130 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 12:45 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
9. 5.0150 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 12:09 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
10. 4.4149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 11:41 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
11. 4.5133 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:54 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
12. 5.4146 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:40 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
13. 4.3156 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:19 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
14. 5.1154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:14 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
15. 5.0143 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:55 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
16. 5.0154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:48 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
17. 4.784 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:21 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
18. 5.3152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:01 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
19. 4.990 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:54 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
20. 4.3156 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:32 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000tr4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:26 AM UTC.