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M8.3 earthquake, 1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake, 1958-11-06

MagnitudeM8.3mw

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Depth35 km

Time (UTC)1958-11-06 22:58

Rank in 19581 / 119among M6+

Rank since 190026 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×2,818approx.

1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake · 44.48, 148.49

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1963 M8.5M8.5

1994 M8.3M8.3

1958 M8.3M8.3

1969 M8.2M8.2

1995 M7.9M7.9

1918 M7.8M7.8

1963 M7.8M7.8

1973 M7.7M7.7

1978 M7.6M7.6

1991 M7.6M7.6

1978 M7.5M7.5

1935 M7.5M7.5

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.2 1958-07-21	1958-07-21 07:25	45 km	106 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia
M6.0 1958-04-23	1958-04-23 02:57	25 km	Kuril Islands
M6.0 1958-02-15	1958-02-15 01:46	35 km	54 km E of Shikotan, Russia
M6.4 1956-08-15	1956-08-15 13:12	35 km	281 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1952-11-09	1952-11-09 15:31	20 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.0 1952-03-07	1952-03-07 18:16	30 km	78 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan
M6.1 1951-09-12	1951-09-12 15:10	30 km	237 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.0 1950-04-20	1950-04-20 09:50	35 km	187 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1948-09-23	1948-09-23 15:11	15 km	119 km SE of Shikotan, Russia
M7.0 1948-09-10	1948-09-10 13:48	25 km	52 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.