Just 13 minutes ago, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. The tremor was recorded around noon on Wednesday, July 30th, 2025, at 12:46 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.6 earthquake 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 5.6.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 been felt in Severo-Kuril'sk (pop. 2,400) located 102 km from the epicenter.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jul 30, 2025 01:46 am (Universal Time) local time (30 Jul 2025 01:46 GMT)Magnitude: 5.9Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 50.13°N / 157.29°E (Russia)Primary data source: EMSC