Magnitude 7.8 (Major) Date-Time Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 11:14:16 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 10:14:16 PM = local time at epicenter
Location 46.683°N, 153.224°E Depth 27.7 km (17.2 miles) Region KURIL ISLANDS Distances 443 km (275 miles) ENE (67°) from Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands 493 km (306 miles) SSW (207°) from Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia 798 km (496 miles) E (88°) from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia 1660 km (1032 miles) NE (38°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles) Parameters Nst=213, Nph=213, Dmin=806.3 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 58°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7 Source U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver