A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 254 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (158 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/25 / 2025-08-29 04:56:39 / August 29, 2025 @ 4:56 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:56:39 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qrtc. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qrtc. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 159.3994° East, 49.7755° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two 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.
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