A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 shook the Kuril Islands in Russia on Saturday. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) shared that the earthquake happened at 7:33 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) and was 10 kilometers deep. The exact location was near latitude 49.94°N and longitude 162.70°E.
This earthquake happened just a few days after a much bigger 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. That big quake caused large tsunami waves along the coasts of Japan and Russia.
EQ of M: 6.1, On: 09/08/2025 19:33:54 IST, Lat: 49.94 N, Long: 162.70 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Kuril Islands.
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Earlier on August 5, there was also a smaller 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city in Russia’s far east. This smaller quake was 25 kilometers deep and about 144 kilometers southeast of Kamchatka.
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