A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 240 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (149 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.4801 East, latitude 50.3312 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:27:29 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 09:27:29 / August 9, 2025 @ 9:27 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzg0. Unique identifier: us6000qzg0.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 240 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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