Category EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS

Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Depth 33 km Strikes East of Kuril Islands on 9th December 2025

The Kuril Islands consist of the Greater Kuril Chain and, at the southwest end, the parallel Lesser Kuril Chain. The group termed the ‘South Kurils’ consists of those of the Lesser Kuril Chain together with Kunashir and Iturup in the…

MAGNITUDE 7.5 EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS #earthquake #KurilIslands #MajorAlert

Subject to change Depth: 60 km Distances: 1425 km NE of Sapporo-shi, Japan / pop: 1,884,000 / local time: 11:49:21.1 2020-03-25 457 km S of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russian Federation / pop: 188,000 / local time: 14:49:21.1 2020-03-25 221 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russian…