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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 112 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia


Earthquake location 50.0532S, 157.3732WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 112 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (70 miles). Exact location of event, depth 25 km, 157.3732° East, 50.0532° North. The temblor was reported at 05:49:23 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000qwuk. Event ids that are associated: us6000qwuk. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 05:49:23 / July 31, 2025 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 112 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 157.3732° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.0532° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-31 05:49:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-31 06:31:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.066 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qwuk Id of event.
Event Code 6000qwuk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qwuk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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