A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 217 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (135 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 20:45:12 / October 8, 2025 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 156.0922 East, latitude 48.7197 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000rk96. Event ids that are associated: us6000rk96. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:45:12 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 217 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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