A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Ulagan in Russia on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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: us6000rtlq. Id of event: us6000rtlq. The temblor was picked up at 10:36:50 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/12/25 / 2025-12-09 10:36:50 / December 9, 2025 @ 10:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 87.3634 East, latitude 50.6255 North, depth = 10 km.

The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Onguday (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Onguday. Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km W of Ulagan, Russia.

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