October 24, 1922 Earthquake: Kuril Islands, Russia
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Russia on October 24, 1922 at 21:21:00 UTC, 90 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
- October 24, 1922
- Time
- 21:21:00 UTC
- Place
- Kuril Islands, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Focal depth
- 90 km (56 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 47.000° N, 151.800° 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
- January 19, 1913, Kuril Islands, Russia
- April 19, 2013, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 15, 2006, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 27, 1959, Kamchatka, Russia
- October 11, 1956, Kuril Islands, Russia
- July 24, 1964, Kamchatka, Russia
- November 1853, Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 19, 1967, Kuril Islands, Russia
- December 22, 1991, Kamchatka, 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 3201.