Today: 6.9 magnitude earthquake near Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Biggest Earthquakes Near Nevel’sk, Sakhalin, Russia

14 years ago 9.0 magnitude, 29 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

61 years ago 8.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

66 years ago 8.4 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

30 years ago 8.3 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia

21 years ago 8.3 magnitude, 27 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

92 years ago 8.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Yamada, Iwate, Japan

56 years ago 8.2 magnitude, 29 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

73 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 45 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

106 years ago 8.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

18 years ago 8.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

56 years ago 7.9 magnitude, 25 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan

75 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 329 km depth
Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia

29 years ago 7.9 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

12 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 583 km depth
Poronaysk, Sakhalin, Russia

65 years ago 8.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan

31 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 16 km depth
Iwanai, Hokkaido, Japan

51 years ago 7.7 magnitude, 48 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan

32 years ago 7.6 magnitude, 102 km depth
Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan

84 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Rishiri Town, Hokkaido, Japan

94 years ago 7.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan