A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pos’yet in Russia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/25 / 2025-12-16 14:38:43 / December 16, 2025 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.8201 East, latitude 42.5105 North, depth = 589.776 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:38:43 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 589.776 km (366 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rv9z. Id of event: us6000rv9z.
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop), North Korea (c. 22 912 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Tumen (c. 78 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hunchun (c. 77 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Najin (c. 66 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hoeryŏng (c. 43 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Aoji-ri (c. 34 200 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Sŏnbong (c. 27 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tumen, Namyang-dong, Hoeryŏng.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km S of Pos’yet, Russia.
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