A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Shikotan in Russia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rtng. Id of event: us6000rtng. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/25 / 2025-11-21 03:17:12 / November 21, 2025 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 146.5987 East, latitude 44.1537 North, depth = 102.72 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:17:12 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 102.72 km (64 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop).
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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km NNW of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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