A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. Exact location of earthquake, 146.3838° East, 43.2982° North, depth 87.761 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:53:14 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 87.761 km (55 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/25 / 2025-06-22 00:53:14 / June 22, 2025 @ 12:53 am. Id of earthquake: us7000qamv. Event ids that are associated: us7000qamv.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia.
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