A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 107 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia (66 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 23:00:09 / December 24, 2025 @ 11:00 pm. Event id: us7000rkml. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rkml. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:00:09 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.101 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 148.0299° East, latitude 43.6166° North, depth = 32.101 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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