January 19, 1913 Earthquake: Kuril Islands, Russia
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Russia on January 19, 1913 at 23:48:00 UTC, 120 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- January 19, 1913
- Time
- 23:48:00 UTC
- Place
- Kuril Islands, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Focal depth
- 120 km (75 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.000° N, 152.000° E
- Country
- Russia
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 7, 1918, Kuril Islands, Russia
- June 29, 1780, Kuril Islands, Russia
- June 21, 1847, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 27, 1959, Kamchatka, Russia
- March 19, 1967, Kuril Islands, Russia
- December 22, 1991, Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Russia
- April 19, 2013, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 24, 1922, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 11, 1956, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 15, 2006, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 8, 1918, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 20, 1963, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 1853, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 6, 1908, Kuril Islands, Russia
- August 17, 1961, Kuril Islands, Russia
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2969.