A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (48 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r33b. Id of event: us6000r33b. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 73.617 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.9625 East, latitude 50.2149 North, depth = 73.617 km. Global time and date of event 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 14:38:17 / August 1, 2025 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:38:17 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 78 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.

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