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Very strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 38 km depth
1 Aug 18:29 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 9 minutes.
1 Aug 18:29: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.00 to 38.00 km (from 6.2 to 24 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 13 km (8.3 mi) towards WNW.
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Earthquake details Date & timeAug 1, 2025 18:20:49 UTC – Local time at epicenterSaturday, Aug 2, 2025, at 05:20 am (GMT +11) Statusconfirmed Magnitude6.1 Depth38 km Epicenter latitude / longitude50.275°N / 158.9324°E Russia Seismic antipode50.275°S / 21.068°W Shaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenter Felt0 reports Primary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) Nearest volcanoVysokii (172 km / 107 mi) Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 11.1°C (52 F), humidity: 99%, wind: 7 m/s (14 kts) from WSW Estimated seismic energy released8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.1 | about seismic energy
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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Severo-Kuril’sk, a town with 2,400 inhabitants in Russia, in 204 km (127 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced light shaking there.
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