1. Foreword

   EditorialNotes 13 October 2009 Pages: 411 - 411

2. The August 2, 2007, Nevelsk earthquake: Instrumental data analysis

   • Ch. U. Kim
   • V. I. Mikhailov
   • Ye. P. Semenova

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 412 - 423

3. Coseismic deformations of the Earth’s surface in Sakhalin related to the August 2, 2007, M _w = 6.2 Nevelsk earthquake

   • N. F. Vasilenko
   • A. S. Prytkov
   • H. Takahashi

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 424 - 428

4. Prediction of strong earthquake within the southwestern shelf of Sakhalin Island and its realization during the August 2, 2007, Nevelsk earthquake

   • I. N. Tikhonov

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 429 - 436

5. The tsunami on Sakhalin on August 2, 2007: Mareograph evidence and numerical simulation

   • A. I. Zaitsev
   • D. P. Kovalev
   • A. Yalciner

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 437 - 442

6. Registration of the Simushir and Nevelsk tsunamis in the port of Kholmsk

   • P. D. Kovalev
   • G. V. Shevchenko
   • D. Ye. Zolotukhin

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 443 - 449

7. The tectonic conditions of the August 2, 2007, M ∼ 6.1 Nevelsk earthquake

   • V. L. Lomtev
   • M. G. Gurinov

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 450 - 459

8. Source zones of the catastrophic Simushir earthquakes on November 15, 2006 (M _w = 8.3) and January 13, 2007 (M _w = 8.1) and the deep crust structure beneath the Middle Kuril segment

   • T. K. Zlobin
   • A. Yu. Polets

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 460 - 469

9. Pairs of earthquakes in the Kuriles

   • N. G. Tomilin

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 470 - 476

10. Stress state of the Earth’s crust of the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka before the Simushir earthquake

    • Yu. L. Rebetsky

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 477 - 490

11. Peculiarities of the within-year distribution of earthquakes in the Kuril region

    • M. Yu. Andreeva
    • E. V. Sasorova
    • B. W. Levin

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 491 - 500

12. The seismic anisotropy beneath Southern Sakhalin: Evidence from the S-wave parameters of deep-focus earthquakes

    • M. N. Luneva
    • D. A. Safonov

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 501 - 510