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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Severo-Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 49.4228S, 157.9117WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 189 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (117 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:51:53 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000riaw. Event ids that are associated: us6000riaw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/09/25 / 2025-09-28 12:51:53 / September 28, 2025 @ 12:51 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 157.9117° East, 49.4228° North.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 189 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 157.9117° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.4228° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 189 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-28 12:51:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-26 09:14:01 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 298 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 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.635 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us6000riaw Id of event.
Event Code 6000riaw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000riaw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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