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M8.1 earthquake, 2007 Kuril Islands Earthquake, 2007-01-13

MagnitudeM8.1mwc

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Depth10 km

Time (UTC)2007-01-13 04:23

Rank in 20072 / 196among M6+

Rank since 190070 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×1,413approx.

2007 Kuril Islands Earthquake · 46.24, 154.52

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.5 2007-01-13	2007-01-13 04:37	10 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M5.8 2007-01-13	2007-01-13 09:18	10 km	east of the 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 M7.7M7.7

1991 M7.6M7.6

2009 M7.4M7.4

1925 M7.2M7.2

2013 M7.2M7.2

1927 M7.0M7.0

1913 M7.0M7.0

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2006-12-26	2006-12-26 15:19	10 km	278 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.4 2006-12-07	2006-12-07 19:10	16 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.0 2006-11-16	2006-11-16 06:20	9 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.0 2006-11-15	2006-11-15 19:25	10 km	Kuril Islands
M6.7 2006-11-15	2006-11-15 11:40	10 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.4 2006-11-15	2006-11-15 11:34	10 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.2 2006-11-15	2006-11-15 11:29	10 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.0 2006-11-15	2006-11-15 11:28	10 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.0 2006-11-15	2006-11-15 11:25	10 km	Kuril Islands
M8.3 2006-11-15	2006-11-15 11:14	10 km	2006 Kuril Islands Earthquake

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.