A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 257 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (160 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:02:06 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qu6k. Event ids that are associated: us7000qu6k. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.5848 East, latitude 49.9927 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 15:02:06 / August 12, 2025 @ 3:02 pm UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 257 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.

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