A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 13:47:40 (UTC) on Friday, October 13, 2006, in the Kuril Islands region, about 432 km ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 10 km.
A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred at 09:05:38 (UTC) on Sunday, October 1, 2006, in the Kuril Islands region, about 421 km ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 53 km.
Location 46.700°N, 152.900°E
A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 09:06:01 (UTC) on Sunday, October 1, 2006, in the Kuril Islands region, about 510 km SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 10 km.
A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred at 17:50:25 (UTC) on Saturday, September 30, 2006, in the the Kuril Islands region, about 420 km ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 22.6 km. Location 46.423°N, 153.004°E
A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 10:06:15 (UTC) on Saturday, October 15, 2005, East of the Kuril Islands, about 450 km SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 30 km.
A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 02:25:07 (UTC) on Wednesday, September 21, 2005, 175 km North-East of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. The quake has been located in the Kuril Islands at a depth of 95.4 km.