A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 194 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (121 miles). Unique identifier: us6000qwqe. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qwqe. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:51:40 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.4308 East, latitude 48.9394 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 20:51:40 / July 30, 2025 @ 8:51 pm.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 194 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.

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