2007 Kuril Islands earthquake

2007 Kuril Islands earthquake
UTC time	2007-01-13 04:23:21
ISC event	10385751
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	13 January 2007
Local time	13:23 JST
Magnitude	8.1 Mw
Depth	5.7 kilometres (4 mi)
Epicenter	46°05′N 154°31′E / 46.08°N 154.51°E
Type	Normal
Areas affected	Kuril Islands ; Japan
Max. intensity	MMI VI (Strong); ; JMA 3
Tsunami	0.32 m (1 ft 1 in)

The 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake occurred east of the Kuril Islands on 13 January at 1:23 p.m. (JST). The shock had a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A non-destructive tsunami was generated, with maximum wave amplitudes of 0.32 meters (1 ft 1 in). The earthquake is considered a doublet of the 8.3 magnitude 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake which occurred two months prior on 15 November 2006 approximately 95 km to the southeast.

References

^ ^a ^b ISC (2014), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 1.05, International Seismological Centre
^ ^a ^b PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, 4 September 2009, archived from the original on 4 October 2016
^ "M8.1 – east of the Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey.

Bibliography

Lay, T.; Kanamori, H.; Ammon, C. J.; Hutko, A. R.; Furlong, K.; Rivera, L. (2009), "The 2006–2007 Kuril Islands great earthquake sequence" (PDF), Journal of Geophysical Research, 114 (B11): B11308, Bibcode:2009JGRB..11411308L, doi:10.1029/2008JB006280.
Rabinovich, A. B.; Lobkovsky, L. I.; Fine, I. V.; Thomson, R. E.; Ivelskaya, T. N.; Kulikov1, E. A. (2008), "Near-source observations and modeling of the Kuril Islands tsunamis of 15 November 2006 and 13 January 2007" (PDF), Advances in Geosciences, 14 (14): 105–116, Bibcode:2008AdG....14..105R, doi:10.5194/adgeo-14-105-2008{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link).
Ammon, Charles J.; Kanamori, Hiroo; Lay, Thorne (2008), "A great earthquake doublet and seismic stress transfer cycle in the central Kuril islands" (PDF), Nature, 451 (7178): 561–5, Bibcode:2008Natur.451..561A, doi:10.1038/nature06521, PMID 18235499, S2CID 4317389.

External links

The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.

[ISC-GEM-1] ISC (2014), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 1.05, International Seismological Centre

[PAGER-CAT-2] PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, 4 September 2009, archived from the original on 4 October 2016

[USGS1-3] "M8.1 – east of the Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey.

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v t e ← Earthquakes in 2007 →
January	Kuril Islands (8.1, Jan 13)
March	1st Sumatra† (6.4, Mar 6) Noto (6.9, Mar 25)
April	Solomon Islands† (8.1, Apr 2) Aysén Fjord (6.7, Apr 21) Kent (4.3, Apr 28)
July	Chūetsu offshore (6.6, Jul 16)
August	Nevelsk (6.2, Aug 2) Peru†‡ (8.0, Aug 15)
September	Bengkulu (8.5, Sep 12)
October	Nazko (<4.0, Oct 9, 2007 – Jun 12, 2008) Alum Rock (5.6, Oct 30)
November	Tocopilla (7.7, Nov 14) Martinique (7.4, Nov 29)
December	Gisborne (6.8, Dec 20)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year

v t e Earthquakes in Japan
Historical	679 Tsukushi 684 Hakuho 869 Jōgan 1026 Manju 1293 Kamakura 1361 Shōhei 1498 Meiō 1586 Tenshō 1596 Fushimi 1605 Keichō 1611 Aizu 1611 Sanriku 1662 Kanbun 1662 Hyūga-nada 1677 Bōsō 1703 Genroku 1707 Hōei 1741 Kampo 1751 Takada 1771 Great Yaeyama 1792 Unzen 1804 Kisakata 1828 Sanjō 1833 Shōnai 1847 Zenkoji 1854 Iga–Ueno 1854 Nankai 1854 Tōkai 1855 Edo 1858 Hietsu 1872 Hamada 1889 Kumamoto 1891 Mino–Owari 1894 Tokyo 1894 Shōnai 1896 Sanriku 1896 Rikuu
20th century	1909 Anegawa 1911 Kikai Island 1914 Senboku 1922 Shimabara 1923 Great Kantō 1925 North Tajima 1927 North Tango 1930 North Izu 1933 Sanriku 1936 Miyagi 1939 Oga 1940 Shakotan 1941 Hyūga-nada 1943 Tottori 1944 Tōnankai 1945 Mikawa 1946 Nankai 1948 Fukui 1952 Tokachi 1961 North Mino 1963 Kuril Islands 1964 Niigata 1968 Ebino 1968 Hyūga-nada 1968 Tokachi 1973 Nemuro Peninsula 1974 Izu Peninsula 1978 Izu Ōshima 1978 Miyagi 1982 Urakawa 1983 Sea of Japan 1984 Nagano 1993 Kushiro 1993 Okushiri 1994 offshore Sanriku 1995 Hanshin 2000 Izu Islands 2000 Tottori
21st century	2001 Geiyo 2003 Miyagi 2003 Tokachi 2004 Chūetsu 2005 Fukuoka 2005 Miyagi 2006 Kuril Islands 2007 Chūetsu 2007 Kuril Islands 2007 Noto 2008 Iwate–Miyagi 2008 Iwate 2009 Shizuoka 2011 Tōhoku 2011 Nagano 2011 Shizuoka 2011 Miyagi 2011 Fukushima 2012 Chiba 2012 Sanriku 2014 Nagano 2015 Ogasawara 2016 Kumamoto 2016 Tottori 2016 Fukushima 2018 Osaka 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi 2019 Yamagata 2021 Fukushima 2021 Miyagi 2021 Chiba 2022 Fukushima 2023 Noto 2024 Noto 2024 Hyūga-nada
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v t e Earthquakes in Russia
Historical	1737 Kamchatka 1840 Ahora 1841 Kamchatka 1887 Verny 1889 Chilik
20th century	1902 Turkestan 1907 Qaratog 1911 Kebin 1911 Sarez 1918 Kuril Islands February 1923 Kamchatka April 1923 Kamchatka 1926 Kars earthquake 1927 Crimean 1929 Kopet Dag 1931 Zangezur 1946 Chatkal 1948 Ashgabat 1949 Khait 1952 Severo-Kurilsk 1959 Kamchatka 1963 Kuril Islands 1966 Tashkent 1970 Dagestan 1976 Osmussaar 1988 Armenian 1983 Hindu Kush 1990 Hindu Kush 1991 Hindu Kush 1991 Racha 1994 Kuril Islands 1995 Neftegorsk 1997 Kamchatka
21st century	2003 Altai 2006 Kamchatka 2006 Kuril Islands 2007 Kuril Islands 2007 Nevelsk 2008 Chechnya 2013 Okhotsk Sea 2017 Komandorski Islands
Related articles	Kamchatka earthquakes Kuril–Kamchatka Trench

Show map of Kuril Islands
UTC time	2007-01-13 04:23:21
ISC event	10385751
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	13 January 2007 (2007-01-13)
Local time	13:23 JST
Magnitude	8.1 M_w
Depth	5.7 kilometres (4 mi)^[1]
Epicenter	46°05′N 154°31′E / 46.08°N 154.51°E / 46.08; 154.51^[1]
Type	Normal^[2]
Areas affected	Kuril Islands Japan
Max. intensity	MMI VI (Strong)^[3] JMA 3
Tsunami	0.32 m (1 ft 1 in)^[2]

2007 Kuril Islands earthquake

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