A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 121 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (75 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.892 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1w5. Unique identifier: us6000r1w5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 29.892 km, 157.3654° East, 49.9288° North. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:10:57 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/25 / 2025-08-18 15:10:57 / August 18, 2025 @ 3:10 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 121 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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