M4.9 earthquake 188 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia

Magnitude

4.9 (mb), light

Local time

Fri, Mar 24, 1978, 2:27 AM JST

UTC

1978-03-23 17:27:06 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

44.001° N, 149.511° E

Region

Russia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

38

• Nemuro, JapanPopulation 31,223. Forecast325 kmENE
• Kushiro, JapanPopulation 167,875. Forecast430 kmENE
• Sapporo, JapanPopulation 1,973,832. Forecast666 kmENE

After

1. 4.4138 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 3:28 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
2. 6.8176 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:12 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
3. 5.2179 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:21 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
4. 5.4170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:46 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
5. 5.2170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 5:21 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
6. 5.2183 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 8:33 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
7. 4.4123 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 10:49 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
8. 4.7153 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:12 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
9. 4.4169 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 6:13 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
10. 4.4164 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 8:35 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
11. 4.3181 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 10:18 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
12. 4.8147 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 11:23 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
13. 4.9142 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 3:30 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
14. 7.6134 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:47 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
15. 5.6151 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:00 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
16. 4.8189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:07 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
17. 5.2118 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:16 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
18. 5.5167 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:31 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
19. 5.0150 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:38 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
20. 4.9158 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:48 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
21. 5.0168 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:08 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
22. 5.4151 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:13 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
23. 5.0156 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:19 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
24. 5.1128 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:24 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
25. 5.2143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:25 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
26. 4.8157 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:45 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
27. 5.4137 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:50 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
28. 5.2168 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:57 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
29. 5.2113 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:59 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
30. 4.6150 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:04 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
31. 5.6150 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:08 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
32. 4.9178 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:24 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
33. 4.9141 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:35 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
34. 4.7146 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:45 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
35. 5.0161 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:53 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
36. 4.6175 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:58 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
37. 4.9143 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:59 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
38. 4.9138 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:02 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
39. 5.7153 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:15 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
40. 5.0153 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:40 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
41. 4.8157 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:12 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
42. 4.8174 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:37 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
43. 5.3148 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:38 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
44. 5.0162 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:44 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
45. 4.3158 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:59 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
46. 4.5150 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:08 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
47. 5.0141 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:25 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
48. 5.0193 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:31 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
49. 4.6174 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:40 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
50. 5.3132 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:41 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
51. 4.6138 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:47 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
52. 4.3129 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 11:39 AM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
53. 4.5183 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 12:32 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
54. 4.7131 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 12:52 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
55. 4.6145 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 2:15 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
56. 5.4175 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 2:24 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
57. 4.9137 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 2:45 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
58. 4.9144 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:10 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
59. 4.3147 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:17 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
60. 4.3156 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:32 PM JST · 17714 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

1. 5.4173 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:52 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
2. 4.5152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:50 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
3. 5.2186 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:22 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
4. 4.4121 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:05 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
5. 4.6189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:42 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
6. 4.9104 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:16 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
7. 4.8150 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:09 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
8. 4.6152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:07 AM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
9. 4.7187 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 11:18 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
10. 4.8168 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 11:07 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
11. 5.1162 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 10:49 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
12. 5.1171 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 10:22 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
13. 4.8168 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 10:10 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
14. 4.9169 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 8:26 PM JST · 17715 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
15. 4.7170 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 7:52 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
16. 4.6171 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 6:52 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
17. 4.7154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 6:48 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
18. 4.9167 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 6:19 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
19. 4.8131 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 5:55 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
20. 4.6173 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 5:50 PM JST · 17716 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000tkx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.