M5.1 earthquake 165 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia

Magnitude

5.1 (mb), moderate

Local time

Thu, Mar 23, 1978, 4:03 PM JST

UTC

1978-03-23 07:03:56 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

43.925° N, 148.898° E

Region

Russia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

50

• Nemuro, JapanPopulation 31,223. Forecast276 kmENE
• Kushiro, JapanPopulation 167,875. Forecast380 kmENE
• Sapporo, JapanPopulation 1,973,832. Forecast616 kmENE

After

1. 5.1139 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 4:32 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
2. 4.9140 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 4:52 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
3. 5.9137 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 5:14 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
4. 4.6173 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 5:50 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
5. 4.8131 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 5:55 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
6. 4.9167 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 6:19 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
7. 4.7154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 6:48 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
8. 4.6171 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 6:52 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
9. 4.7170 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 7:52 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
10. 4.9169 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 8:26 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
11. 4.8168 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 10:10 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
12. 5.1171 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 10:22 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
13. 5.1162 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 10:49 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
14. 4.8168 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 11:07 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
15. 4.7187 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 11:18 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
16. 4.6152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:07 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
17. 4.8150 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:09 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away
18. 4.9104 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:16 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
19. 4.6189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:42 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
20. 4.4121 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:05 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
21. 5.2186 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:22 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
22. 4.5152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:50 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
23. 5.4173 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:52 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
24. 4.9188 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 2:27 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
25. 4.4138 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 3:28 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
26. 6.8176 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:12 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
27. 5.2179 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:21 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
28. 5.4170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:46 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
29. 5.2170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 5:21 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
30. 5.2183 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 8:33 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
31. 4.4123 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 10:49 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
32. 4.7153 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:12 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
33. 4.4169 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 6:13 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
34. 4.4164 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 8:35 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
35. 4.3181 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 10:18 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
36. 4.8147 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 11:23 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
37. 4.9142 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 3:30 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
38. 7.6134 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:47 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
39. 5.6151 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:00 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
40. 4.8189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:07 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
41. 5.2118 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:16 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
42. 5.5167 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:31 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
43. 5.0150 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:38 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
44. 4.9158 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:48 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
45. 5.0168 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:08 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
46. 5.4151 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:13 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
47. 5.0156 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:19 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
48. 5.1128 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:24 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
49. 5.2143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:25 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
50. 4.8157 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:45 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
51. 5.4137 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:50 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
52. 5.2168 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:57 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
53. 5.090 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:58 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
54. 5.2113 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:59 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
55. 4.6150 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:04 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
56. 5.6150 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:08 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
57. 4.9178 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:24 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
58. 4.9141 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:35 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
59. 4.7146 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:45 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
60. 5.0161 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:53 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

1. 4.6148 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 3:34 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
2. 5.0179 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 3:05 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
3. 4.9196 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 2:42 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
4. 4.9144 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 2:38 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
5. 5.0160 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 2:23 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
6. 4.3154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 2:19 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
7. 5.0178 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 2:12 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
8. 4.8171 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 1:48 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
9. 4.6151 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 1:36 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
10. 4.5145 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 1:34 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
11. 5.2171 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 1:25 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
12. 4.9164 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 1:13 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
13. 4.9149 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 1:03 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
14. 6.0164 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 12:50 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
15. 5.3157 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 12:49 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
16. 4.6161 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 12:48 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
17. 5.5176 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 12:24 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
18. 5.9143 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 12:14 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
19. 4.6145 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 11:59 AM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
20. 5.8133 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 11:37 AM JST · 17716 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000tk2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC.