A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 213 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (132 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 21:11:51 / August 2, 2025 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:11:51 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 159.0451° East, latitude 50.2192° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000qxqy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qxqy.

In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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

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