September 11, 1935 Earthquake: Kuril Islands, Russia
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Russia on September 11, 1935 at 14:04:00 UTC, 55 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
- September 11, 1935
- Time
- 14:04:00 UTC
- Place
- Kuril Islands, Russia
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Focal depth
- 55 km (34 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.000° N, 146.500° E
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Kamchatka and Kuril Islands
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #130 Gutenberg, B. and C.F. Richter (1965). Seismicity of the earth and associated phenomena. Princeton University Press, 1954 (second edition); Hafner Publishing Company, New York and London (facsimile edition), 310 p.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 25, 1843, Yezo, Kushiro, Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
- June 17, 1973, Hokkaido Island, Japan
- October 4, 1994, Hokkaido, Kuril Islands, Japan, Russia
- March 22, 1894, Off Coast of Honshu, Japan
- May 28, 1938, E. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- June 26, 1973, Kuril Islands, Russia
- September 27, 1974, Hokkaido, Kuril-Japan, Russia
- June 24, 1973, Kuril Islands, Russia
- December 25, 1900, Kuril Islands, Russia
- February 23, 1980, Kuril Islands, Russia
- January 29, 1968, Kuril Islands, Russia
- November 18, 1896, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 25, 1881, Hokkaido Island, Japan
- November 15, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- August 11, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 3558. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem904513, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.