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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Severo-Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 50.4433S, 158.3043WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 156 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (97 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rn8e. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rn8e. Global time and date of event 14/11/25 / 2025-11-14 11:33:45 / November 14, 2025 @ 11:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.3043 East, latitude 50.4433 North, depth = 21.716 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:33:45 / 11:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.716 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 156 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.3043° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.4433° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.716 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 156 km E 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 2025-11-14 11:33:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-14 12:01:12 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 416 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 79 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.695 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rn8e Id of event.
Event Code 6000rn8e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rn8e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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