Earthquake details

Monday, April 23, 1984 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Monday, April 23, 1984 at 08:48 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Russia - RU), about 462.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 151.155 and latitude 44.350.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	83.3 km
Coordinates	44.350, 151.155
UTC time	1984-04-23 08:48:34.870

Location	277 km ESE of Kuril’sk
Country	Russia (RU)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1984-04-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	462.3 km
Abashiri	550.7 km
Kushiro	566.9 km
Kitami	583.9 km
Otofuke	657.8 km
Obihiro	659.8 km
Korsakov	701.0 km
Asahikawa	705.8 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	715.9 km
Takikawa	746.1 km
Bibai	754.7 km
Wakkanai	756.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.7

266 km E of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2026-04-19 09:03 UTC

88.4 km

M 5.0

274 km SE of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2026-02-26 17:04 UTC

90.3 km

M 4.9

east of the Kuril Islands

Unknown · 2026-02-11 16:35 UTC

57.5 km

M 4.4

Nemuro

Japan · 2025-10-03 14:25 UTC

98.9 km

M 4.2

Nemuro

Japan · 2025-10-03 08:52 UTC

80.8 km

M 4.5

198 km ESE of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2025-06-20 20:26 UTC

78.4 km

M 4.7

194 km ESE of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2025-06-16 04:06 UTC

86.8 km

M 4.3

209 km ESE of Kuril’sk

Russia · 2025-06-16 03:12 UTC

69.0 km

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