2006 Kuril Islands earthquake
UTC time | 2006-11-15 11:14:13 |
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ISC event | 9235276 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | November 15, 2006 |
Local time | 8:14 pm[1] |
Magnitude | 8.3 Mw [1] |
Depth | 31 km (19 mi) [1] |
Epicenter | 46°35′31″N 153°15′58″E / 46.592°N 153.266°E [1] |
Fault | Kuril–Kamchatka Trench |
Type | Megathrust |
Areas affected | Japan, Russia |
Max. intensity | MMI IV (Light)[2] JMA 2 |
Tsunami | Up to 21.9 m (72 ft) in Matua Island, Kuril Islands |
Casualties | 1 injured [3] |
The 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake occurred on November 15 at 8:14:16 pm JST with a
This earthquake is also considered a doublet of the 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake that hit the same area on January 13, 2007.[6]
Tsunami
At about 11:45 UTC, tsunami warnings were issued in
The nearfield tsunami struck islands with no current inhabitants. However, geologists and archaeologists had visited these islands the previous summer, and returned in the summers of 2007 and 2008.[8][9][10] Because there were two central Kurils tsunamis in the winter of 2006/2007 (see 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake), the specific effects of each tsunami are difficult to determine; but evidence shows that the 2006 tsunami was the larger on all islands in the Kurils except for parts of Rasshua.[11]
See also
- List of earthquakes in 2006
- List of earthquakes in Russia
- List of earthquakes in Japan
- 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake
- 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake
- 1994 Kuril Islands earthquake
- 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake
References
- ^ a b c d ISC (2015), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 2.0, International Seismological Centre
- ^ USGS. "M 8.3 - Kuril Islands". United States Geological Survey.
- ^ USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey, archived from the original on 2020-03-13
- ^ "Tsunami Event: KURIL ISLANDS". NGDC.
- ^ MacInnes, B.T., Bourgeois, J., Pinegina, T.K., Kravchunovskays, E., 2009. Tsunami geomorphology: erosion and deposition from the 15 November 2006 Kuril Island tsunami: Geology, v. 37, p. 995–998.
- S2CID 4317389.
- ^ Central Kuril Island Tsunami in Crescent City, California Archived 2010-02-26 at the Wayback Machine University of Southern California
- ^ MacInnes et al., 2009, see above.
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- ^ MacInnes, B.T., 2010 Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington.
Sources
- Lay, T.;
- 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), doi:10.5194/adgeo-14-105-2008)
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External links
- Japan's false alarm showcases tsunami alert system – The Christian Science Monitor
- Small tsunamis hit northern Japan – BBC News
- Central Kuril Island Tsunami in Crescent City, California (11/15/2006) – University of Southern California
- Small tsunami waves hit Japan after earthquake – Associated Press
- Global Surge of Great Earthquakes—What We Are Learning From Them – IRIS Consortium
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.