Just 10 minutes ago, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Friday, May 30th, 2025, at 9:22 am 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.Our monitoring service identified a second report from France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.5. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.7.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc. In Shikotan (pop. 2,100) located 62 km from the epicenter, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.Weak shaking might have been felt in Yuzhno-Kurilsk (pop. 7,800) located 134 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: May 30, 2025 09:23 am (GMT +11) local time (29 May 2025 22:23 GMT)Magnitude: 5.6Depth: 63.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 43.9°N / 147.27°E (Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia)Primary data source: EMSC