A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 233 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (145 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.713 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 16:20:45 / August 16, 2025 @ 4:20 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qv8u. Id of event: us7000qv8u. The temblor was picked up at 16:20:45 / 4:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 51.713 km, 155.0267° East, 48.6984° North.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 233 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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