A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 257 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (160 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 159.5088° East, 49.8591° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 09:40:59 / July 31, 2025 @ 9:40 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r2eq. Unique identifier: us6000r2eq. The temblor was picked up at 09:40:59 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 257 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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