Historic Earthquakes
Kuril Islands
1958 November 06 UTC
Magnitude 8.3
Kuril Islands. Focus 100 km deep. Felt strongly at Kushiro on the east coast of Hokkaido. Mino tidal wave.
From Seismological Notes, Bulletin of the Seimological Society of America. "Seismological Notes" is a list of recent important earthquakes with short summaries included in each issue of the BSSA.
Destructive earthquake (intensity IX) on the island of Iturup (Kuriles): felt in the Kuriles, Hokkaido and northern Honshu. Intensity VII at Kushiro, VI at Nemuro, Obihiro, Urakawa, Sapporo, Hachinohe, Aomori, Morioka. Slight damage reported at Kushiro, telephone lines cut, dozens of trains brought to a standstill. A tsunami was feared, and the alert was given by the seismological service along all the coasts of Hokkaido and in some parts of Honshu: the coastal population was evacuated, but fears proved unjustified; macroseismic map (Seismological Bulletin JMA, November 1958).
From Rothe, J.P., 1969, The seismicity of the earth, 1953-1965: Paris, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 336 p.
1958 Nov 6, 22:58, 44.5N, 148.5E, maximum intensity X, limited damage [limited = less than $1 million U.S. at the time of the earthquake]. CIS: Russia: Kuril Islands.
From Dunbar, Paula K., Lockridge, Patricia A., and Whiteside, Lowell S., 1992, Catalog of significant earthquakes 2150 B.C. - 1991 A.D.: U. S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
1958, November 6, 22:58. A magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the South Kuril Islands (USSR) generated a tsunami recorded with a maximum amplitude of 0.3 m at Kahului, Maui, and lesser heights on Oahu, Kauai, and at Hilo on Hawaii Island."
From "Tsunami in Hawaii", Lander, James F., and Lockridge, Patricia A., 1989, United States Tsunamis (including United States possessions) 1690-1988: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 265 p.
1958, November 6, 22:58. A magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the south Kuril Islands produced a tsunami that was recorded at Massacre Bay, Attu, with an amplitude of 0.2 m and at Sweeper Cove, Adak, with an amplitude of less than 0.1 m."
From "Tsunami in Alaska", Lander, James F., and Lockridge, Patricia A., 1989, United States Tsunamis (including United States possessions) 1690-1988: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 265 p.
1958, November 6, 22:58. A magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the south Kuril Islands, USSR, produced a locally damaging 5.0-m tsunami, amplitudes of up to 5.0 m in Japan, and an amplitude of less than 0.1 m at Port Hueneme and 0.2 m at San Francisco."
From "Tsunami on West Coast of United States", Lander, James F., and Lockridge, Patricia A., 1989, United States Tsunamis (including United States possessions) 1690-1988: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 265 p.
