A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 181 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (112 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:26:04 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 158.5532 East, latitude 50.1528 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 22:26:04 / August 12, 2025 @ 10:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000qu6s. Event ids that are associated: us7000qu6s.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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