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M6.5 earthquake, Kuril Islands, 2006-10-01

MagnitudeM6.5mwb

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Depth19 km

Time (UTC)2006-10-01 09:06

Rank in 200640 / 153among M6+

Rank since 19004558 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×6approx.

Kuril Islands · 46.47, 153.24

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.9 2006-10-13	2006-10-13 13:47	4 km	Kuril Islands

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2006 M8.3M8.3

1918 M8.1M8.1

2007 M8.1M8.1

1918 M7.8M7.8

1915 M7.8M7.8

1963 M7.8M7.8

1963 M7.7M7.7

1991 M7.6M7.6

2009 M7.4M7.4

1925 M7.2M7.2

1908 M7.2M7.2

1996 M7.2M7.2

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2006-09-30	2006-09-30 17:56	10 km	Kuril Islands
M6.6 2006-09-30	2006-09-30 17:50	11 km	Kuril Islands
M6.1 2005-10-15	2005-10-15 10:06	43 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.4 2004-07-08	2004-07-08 10:30	128 km	Kuril Islands
M6.1 2003-04-24	2003-04-24 10:56	44 km	227 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.0 1996-10-02	1996-10-02 11:24	33 km	258 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.2 1996-02-07	1996-02-07 21:36	43 km	158 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.4 1995-12-03	1995-12-03 18:14	33 km	222 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.0 1995-06-29	1995-06-29 07:45	64 km	241 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.8 1995-04-17	1995-04-17 23:28	23 km	276 km ENE of Kuril’sk, 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.