A earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 118 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (73 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25215001, at00t0ekz8, us6000qxt4. Id of event: us6000qxt4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/25 / 2025-08-03 05:37:55 / August 3, 2025 @ 5:37 am. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 157.7988° East, 50.5804° North. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:37:55 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Severo-Kuril’sk in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 118 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.

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