A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 153 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (95 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.898 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:42:54 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 155.414° East, latitude 49.3765° North, depth = 76.898 km. 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: us6000r1le. Id of event: us6000r1le. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 13:42:54 / August 16, 2025 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 153 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.

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