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Biggest Earthquakes Near Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia

2011-03-11 05:46:24 UTC 9.0 magnitude, 29 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

1963-10-13 05:17:59 UTC 8.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1958-11-06 22:58:09 UTC 8.4 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1994-10-04 13:22:55 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia

2003-09-25 19:50:06 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 27 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

1933-03-02 17:31:00 UTC 8.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Yamada, Iwate, Japan

1968-05-16 00:49:02 UTC 8.2 magnitude, 29 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

1952-03-04 01:22:49 UTC 8.1 magnitude, 45 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

2006-11-15 11:14:13 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1918-09-07 17:16:23 UTC 8.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1995-12-03 18:01:08 UTC 7.9 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1968-05-16 10:39:02 UTC 7.9 magnitude, 25 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan

1950-02-28 10:21:00 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 329 km depth
Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia

2012-08-14 02:59:38 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 583 km depth
Poronaysk, Sakhalin, Russia

1960-03-20 17:07:31 UTC 8.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan

1973-06-17 03:55:02 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 48 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan

1993-07-12 13:17:11 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 16 km depth
Iwanai, Hokkaido, Japan

1993-01-15 11:06:05 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 102 km depth
Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan

1963-10-20 00:53:12 UTC 7.8 magnitude, 28 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1931-03-09 03:49:00 UTC 7.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan