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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Shikotan in Russia


Earthquake location 43.0896S, 146.6663WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Shikotan in Russia on Friday. Global time and date of event 12/09/25 / 2025-09-12 15:57:45 / September 12, 2025 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:57:45 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.01 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.6663 East, latitude 43.0896 North, depth = 39.01 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qvqw. Id of event: us7000qvqw.

Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one 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.

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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: 78 km S of Shikotan, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.6663° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.0896° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 km S of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-12 15:57:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-12 16:34:23 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 354 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 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.806 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us7000qvqw Id of event.
Event Code 7000qvqw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qvqw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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