A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 262 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (163 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 13:59:23 / August 17, 2025 @ 1:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1qb. Unique identifier: us6000r1qb. The temblor was reported at 13:59:23 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 159.7979° East, latitude 50.385° North, depth = 35 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 262 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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