A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67.63 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:40:37 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qaza. Id of event: us7000qaza. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/25 / 2025-07-06 09:40:37 / July 6, 2025 @ 9:40 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 146.9558° East, latitude 43.6578° North, depth = 67.63 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km SE of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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