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M4.3 earthquake 61 km SSW of Kuril’sk, Russia
Friday, March 10, 1995, 09:10:58 UTC · 44.695°N, 147.654°E
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 61 km SSW of Kuril’sk, Russia on Friday, March 10, 1995, 09:10:58 UTC, at a depth of 33.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 4.3
- Light · mb
- Depth
- 33 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
43 tons of TNT
That is about 1/354 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 11 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
164 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Okhotsk and Pacific plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
33 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 1,459 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.51963 Kuril Islands EarthquakeOctober 13, 1963 · 146 km E of this epicenter
- 8.31958 Kuril Islands EarthquakeNovember 6, 1958 · 70 km E of this epicenter
- 8.348 km E of Shikotan, RussiaOctober 4, 1994 · 106 km S of this epicenter
- 8.21969 Hokkaido Toho-oki EarthquakeAugust 11, 1969 · 137 km S of this epicenter
- 7.8217 km ESE of Kuril’sk, RussiaOctober 20, 1963 · 229 km E of this epicenter
- 7.719 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanJune 17, 1973 · 221 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.6248 km E of Kuril’sk, RussiaDecember 22, 1991 · 280 km E of this epicenter
- 7.6134 km SE of Kuril’sk, RussiaMarch 24, 1978 · 108 km SE of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 48 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 52 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1973M7.7
Hokkaido Island
17 Jun 1973 · 223 km away · intensity VIII
27 deaths$5 million damagetsunami
- 1780M7.5
Kuril Islands
29 Jun 1780 · 287 km away
12 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)tsunami
- 1994M8.3
Kuril Islands; Japan: Hokkaido
4 Oct 1994 · 106 km away · intensity IX
11 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1894M7.9
Off Coast Of Honshu
22 Mar 1894 · 278 km away · intensity IX
1 deathModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1938M6.1
E. Hokkaido Island, Japan
28 May 1938 · 294 km away
1 deathLimited damage (under $1M)tsunami
- 1958M8.3
Kuril Islands
6 Nov 1958 · 72 km away · intensity X
Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.