A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.814 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.6487 East, latitude 42.9143 North, depth = 39.814 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/25 / 2025-06-21 21:25:44 / June 21, 2025 @ 9:25 pm. The temblor was detected at 21:25:44 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qahy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qahy.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km S of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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