Earthquake details

Thursday, March 4, 1982 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Thursday, March 4, 1982 at 19:42 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Russia - RU), about 491.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 151.031 and latitude 45.391.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	45.391, 151.031
UTC time	1982-03-04 19:42:49.710

Location	247 km E of Kuril’sk
Country	Russia (RU)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1982-03-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	491.3 km
Abashiri	556.0 km
Kitami	592.7 km
Kushiro	595.3 km
Korsakov	652.6 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	662.3 km
Otofuke	679.3 km
Obihiro	682.7 km
Asahikawa	710.0 km
Kholmsk	715.4 km
Wakkanai	731.0 km
Takikawa	752.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.7

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Russia · 2026-04-19 09:03 UTC

33.1 km

M 5.2

Kuril Islands

Unknown · 2026-04-18 04:40 UTC

79.9 km

M 5.0

242 km E of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2026-04-18 00:28 UTC

5.2 km

M 4.3

222 km ENE of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2026-02-21 18:55 UTC

68.2 km

M 4.4

176 km E of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2025-12-31 00:27 UTC

74.5 km

M 4.3

244 km ENE of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2025-12-30 14:29 UTC

67.8 km

M 4.5

232 km E of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2025-11-15 13:31 UTC

20.5 km

M 4.3

257 km ENE of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2025-11-05 06:30 UTC

73.7 km

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