A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 175 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (109 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1ln. Id of event: us6000r1ln. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.719 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:51:12 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 156.2231 East, latitude 49.0947 North, depth = 25.719 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 15:51:12 / August 16, 2025 @ 3:51 pm. 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 four, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventy-five and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 175 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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