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Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 14:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 27 Aug 2025

Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 10 quakes 5.0+, 43 quakes 4.0+, 142 quakes 3.0+, 318 quakes 2.0+ (514 total)
In the past 24 hours, seismic activity worldwide has remained moderately active. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia occurred approximately 98 km east of Severo-Kuril’sk. The tremor was felt by an estimated 6,000 people, causing light shaking but no damage. The region continues to experienced heightened seismicity due to frequent aftershocks following the M8.8 earthquake on July 29, 2025.
Meanwhile, the Caspian Sea region in Russia experienced a magnitude 5.4 earthquake near the coast of Dagestan. Reports on damage or casualties are currently limited, but the event has been carefully logged by our monitoring system.
In Taiwan, a potential seismic event was reported near Neihu on August 27, 2025. This is currently unverified, and authorities are awaiting further information.
Seismic activity in the United States has been minor. In South Carolina, two small earthquakes were recorded near Coronaca, measuring 2.1 and 1.7 in magnitude, with no reported damage or injuries (volcanodiscovery.com, wpde.com). Additionally, a magnitude 3.5 tremor was recorded near Potosí, Bolivia, without causing harm.
According to our monitoring system, today’s global seismicity has been dominated by moderate quakes, with the Kamchatka Peninsula event being

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Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 13:37 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

An intermediate magnitude 5.4 earthquake was reported in the afternoon near Ashkasham, Ishkashim District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, at 5:27 pm local time at an intermediate depth of 125. km. The strength of the earthquake may have been tempered by its relative great depth below the surface, which makes it feel weaker in absolute terms. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.4 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.4, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.3.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have

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