A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 131 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia (81 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000py8c. Unique identifier: us6000py8c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/03/25 / 2025-03-12 00:38:20 / March 12, 2025 @ 12:38 am. The temblor was reported at 00:38:20 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 149.1688° East, latitude 44.4775° North, depth = 35 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-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.

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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: 131 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia.

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