M4.4 earthquake 164 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia

Magnitude

4.4 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Fri, Mar 24, 1978, 8:35 PM JST

UTC

1978-03-24 11:35:09 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

44.474° N, 149.674° E

Region

Russia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

8

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

After

1. 4.3109 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 8:52 PM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
2. 4.3181 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 10:18 PM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
3. 4.8147 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 11:23 PM JST · 17723 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
4. 4.9142 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 3:30 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
5. 7.6134 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:47 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
6. 4.8189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:07 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
7. 5.2118 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:16 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
8. 5.5167 km E of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:31 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
9. 5.0168 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:08 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
10. 5.4151 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:13 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
11. 5.2143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:25 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
12. 4.8157 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:45 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
13. 5.4137 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:50 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
14. 5.090 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:58 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
15. 5.2113 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:59 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
16. 5.6150 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:08 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
17. 4.9178 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:24 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
18. 5.0161 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:53 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
19. 4.6175 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:58 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
20. 4.9143 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 7:59 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
21. 4.9138 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:02 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
22. 5.7153 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:15 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
23. 5.0153 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:40 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
24. 4.8157 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:12 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
25. 5.0162 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:44 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
26. 4.3158 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 9:59 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
27. 4.5150 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:08 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
28. 5.0141 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:25 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
29. 5.0193 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:31 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
30. 4.6174 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:40 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
31. 4.286 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 11:27 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
32. 4.3129 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 11:39 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
33. 4.5183 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 12:32 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
34. 4.6145 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 2:15 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
35. 5.4175 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 2:24 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
36. 4.3147 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:17 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
37. 4.3156 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:32 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
38. 4.990 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 4:54 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
39. 5.3152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:01 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
40. 4.784 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:21 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
41. 5.0154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:48 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
42. 5.0143 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 5:55 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
43. 5.1154 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 6:14 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
44. 4.3156 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:19 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
45. 5.4146 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 8:40 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
46. 4.5133 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 10:54 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
47. 4.4149 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSat, Mar 25, 11:41 PM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
48. 5.0150 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 12:09 AM JST · 17722 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
49. 4.4130 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 12:45 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
50. 5.2145 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 1:55 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
51. 5.0Kuril IslandsSun, Mar 26, 3:10 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
52. 4.2162 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:51 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
53. 4.4136 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 7:45 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
54. 4.8166 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 11:51 AM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
55. 4.6181 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 1:06 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
56. 5.4162 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 3:00 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
57. 4.9Kuril IslandsSun, Mar 26, 4:09 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 41 km deep · 1 km away
58. 4.4185 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:31 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
59. 4.8168 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 4:36 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
60. 4.8143 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaSun, Mar 26, 7:29 PM JST · 17721 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

1. 4.4169 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 6:13 PM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
2. 4.7153 km SSE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:12 PM JST · 17723 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
3. 4.4123 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 10:49 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
4. 5.2183 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 8:33 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
5. 5.2170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 5:21 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
6. 5.4170 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:46 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
7. 5.2179 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:21 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
8. 6.8176 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 4:12 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
9. 4.4138 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 3:28 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
10. 4.9188 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 2:27 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
11. 5.4173 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:52 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
12. 4.5152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:50 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
13. 5.2186 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:22 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
14. 4.4121 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 1:05 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
15. 4.6189 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:42 AM JST · 17723 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
16. 4.9104 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:16 AM JST · 17724 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
17. 4.8150 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:09 AM JST · 17724 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
18. 4.6152 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaFri, Mar 24, 12:07 AM JST · 17724 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
19. 4.7187 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 11:18 PM JST · 17724 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
20. 4.8168 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaThu, Mar 23, 11:07 PM JST · 17724 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000tmp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:53 AM UTC.