A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 267 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (166 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:21:42 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 22:21:42 / August 9, 2025 @ 10:21 pm. 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: us7000qtjq. Id of event: us7000qtjq. Exact location of event, longitude 159.725 East, latitude 49.9918 North, depth = 10 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and four, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 267 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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