Earthquakes hit Pacific near Japan and Kurils
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake occurred in Kamchatka.
Consensus
- Earthquakes occurred in the Pacific Ocean near the Kuril Islands and Japan.
- The events were reported by Russian geophysical services.
- The earthquakes were recorded in late August 2025.
- No tsunami warnings were issued.
- The epicenters were located offshore, with depths ranging from 47 km to 96.9 km.
Points of divergence
- The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.5 and occurred near eastern Hokkaido, Japan, at 12:07 Moscow time on August 25. — interfax
- The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.0 and occurred on August 24 near the Northern Kurils, with the epicenter 152 km northeast of Severo-Kurilsk. — vesti
- The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.4 and occurred near the island of Paramushir, with the epicenter 144 km from Severo-Kurilsk, and was felt with intensity up to 3 points in Severo-Kurilsk. — riamo
- A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, according to seismologists. — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (18 sources)
- Magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kalimantan — Интерфакс
- Magnitude 4.0 earthquake occurred in Kamchatka — Вести
- Magnitude 3.3 earthquake occurred in Altai — Интерфакс
- Magnitude 6 earthquake occurred in the Gulf of Aden — Интерфакс
- Magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan — Интерфакс
- Magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred near the Northern Kurils — Вести
- Magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred near the Northern Kurils — Интерфакс
- Magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred in Kamchatka — Вести
- Earthquake occurred off the coast of Paramushir — РИАМО
- Magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred near the Northern Kurils — Вести
- Magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred near the Northern Kurils — Интерфакс
- Magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky — Интерфакс
- Two felt earthquakes occurred near Kamchatka and the Kurils — Вести
- In Kamchatka region an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 occurred — Вести
- Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, seismologists reported. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka — Вести
- New earthquake with magnitude 4.3 recorded off the coast of Kamchatka — Вести
- Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 occurred in a row on Kamchatka — Вести