Information message about a strong earthquake east of the Kuril Islands on October 23, 2024

A strong earthquake (significant at the epicenter on the SIS-17 scale) with M=6.1 occurred on October 23, 2024 at 14:38 GMT (17:38 Moscow Time) in the Pacific Ocean east of the Kuril Islands.<br /> SIS-17 - Earthquakes. Seismic intensity scale. State Standard 57546–2017.

Parameters of the earthquake have been determined in the Alert Service (AS) of Information Processing Center (IPC) of Geophysical Survey of RAS in Obninsk with station data obtained from digital and analog seismic stations of Russia, countries of CIS and from abroad. Alert message on this earthquake has been delivered in 9 min after registration to the Ministry of Emergency of the Russian Federation (EMERCOM).

Preliminary processing has been done with data from 12 stations, accurate processing - with data from 58.

The red marker on the map is the epicenter of the earthquake, the origin of which was in the Pacific Ocean east of the Kuril Islands, at a depth of 50 km, 157 km S of Severo-Kurilsk, 249 km S-SE of Ozernovskoye and 465 km SW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Time in origin (GMT) Latitude, degree Longitude, degree Depth, km Stations number Ms/N mb/N I0 (calculated) GAP Center
1 14:38:04.0 49.28 155.79 50.0 58 6.1/25 6.0/22 6-6.5 150 GS RAS(Verified)
Federal research center, Geophysical survey of Russian Academy of Sciences
2 14:38:05.9 49.21 156.17 100.0 12 6.1/10 4.5-5 207 GS RAS(Preliminary)
Federal research center, Geophysical survey of Russian Academy of Sciences
3 14:38:00.3 49.14 156.0 42.6 54 Ks 14.7/16 KAGSR
Kamchatka Regional Seismological Centre, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Geophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Sciences
4 14:38:04.1 49.4 155.62 40.0 962 Mw 6.2 5.9/458 15 CSEM
European - Mediterranean seismological center
5 14:38:05.1 49.4 155.7 48.6 203 Mw 6.2/69 38 NEIC
National Earthquakes Information Center of US Geological Service