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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Severo-Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 48.6408S, 157.4615WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 245 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (152 miles) on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qx7j. Id of event: us6000qx7j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:06:51 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 157.4615° East, latitude 48.6408° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 05:06:51 / August 1, 2025 @ 5:06 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 245 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 157.4615° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.6408° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 245 km SSE 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 2025-08-01 05:06:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-01 05:27:48 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 385 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.452 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us6000qx7j Id of event.
Event Code 6000qx7j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qx7j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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