A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 96 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (60 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:29:09 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 157.2602 East, latitude 50.1931 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 13:29:09 / July 30, 2025 @ 1:29 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000qwhy. Event ids that are associated: us6000qwhy.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 96 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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