M4.7 earthquake Kuril Islands

Magnitude

4.7 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Mon, Apr 24, 1978, 12:06 PM JST

UTC

1978-04-24 03:06:10 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

44.238° N, 149.566° E

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

7

• Nemuro, JapanPopulation 31,223. Forecast336 kmENE
• Kushiro, JapanPopulation 167,875. Forecast441 kmENE
• Sapporo, JapanPopulation 1,973,832. Forecast673 kmENE

After

1. 4.8129 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 27, 12:20 AM JST · 17690 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
2. 4.6149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 27, 2:42 AM JST · 17690 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
3. 5.0149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 27, 3:35 AM JST · 17690 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
4. 5.4167 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 27, 3:38 AM JST · 17690 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
5. 4.7138 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 28, 7:55 AM JST · 17689 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
6. 5.0204 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Apr 30, 1:34 AM GMT+10 · 17687 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
7. 5.1174 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, May 1, 3:54 PM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
8. 4.5163 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, May 1, 4:12 PM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
9. 4.3183 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, May 1, 11:21 PM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
10. 5.1180 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, May 2, 2:59 AM JST · 17685 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
11. 5.3168 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, May 5, 6:40 AM JST · 17682 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
12. 5.0168 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, May 5, 11:03 AM JST · 17682 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
13. 4.5173 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, May 10, 10:24 AM JST · 17677 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
14. 4.6128 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, May 11, 5:45 AM JST · 17676 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
15. 4.8140 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, May 14, 3:30 PM JST · 17672 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
16. 4.884 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, May 22, 11:32 PM JST · 17664 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
17. 4.9152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, May 24, 12:22 AM JST · 17663 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
18. 4.4147 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, May 24, 1:50 AM JST · 17663 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
19. 4.7170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, May 25, 9:41 PM JST · 17661 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
20. 4.7171 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, May 29, 3:25 PM JST · 17657 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
21. 4.8163 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, May 30, 12:03 AM JST · 17657 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
22. 4.6157 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, May 30, 12:45 AM JST · 17657 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
23. 5.4134 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, May 30, 3:57 PM JST · 17656 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
24. 4.8139 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Jun 2, 8:37 AM JST · 17654 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
25. 4.6163 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Jun 8, 10:40 PM JST · 17647 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
26. 4.6157 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Jun 9, 9:45 AM JST · 17647 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
27. 5.6167 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Jun 15, 6:28 PM JST · 17640 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
28. 5.0165 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Jun 17, 7:30 PM JST · 17638 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away

Before

1. 4.7128 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 20, 10:40 PM JST · 17696 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
2. 4.7157 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Apr 20, 7:25 AM JST · 17697 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
3. 5.0151 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Apr 19, 1:01 PM JST · 17698 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
4. 5.5153 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Apr 18, 8:43 PM JST · 17698 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
5. 4.8160 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Apr 17, 4:04 AM JST · 17700 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
6. 4.7146 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaTue, Apr 11, 9:26 PM JST · 17705 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
7. 4.6157 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Apr 9, 1:19 AM JST · 17708 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
8. 4.4103 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 10:45 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
9. 4.5189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 10:41 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
10. 5.3149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 5:29 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
11. 5.8147 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 4:44 PM JST · 17709 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
12. 4.5183 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 1:10 PM GMT+10 · 17710 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
13. 4.8137 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Apr 7, 12:23 AM JST · 17710 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
14. 5.2153 km E of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Apr 6, 1:04 AM JST · 17711 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
15. 4.9148 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaWed, Apr 5, 11:02 PM JST · 17711 days ago · 49 km deep · 25 km away
16. 4.7143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMon, Apr 3, 6:16 PM JST · 17713 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
17. 4.7196 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Apr 2, 7:29 PM GMT+10 · 17714 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
18. 4.9196 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Apr 1, 10:44 PM GMT+10 · 17715 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
19. 5.3173 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Apr 1, 7:51 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
20. 5.2197 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Apr 1, 7:59 PM GMT+10 · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000u87. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC.