Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 109 km southeast of Shiashkotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Sunday, 5 January 2020 at 08:08 (GMT) -
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Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 64 km depth
5 Jan 08:20 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 12 minutes.
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 64.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 48.07°N / 155.07°E
(North Pacific Ocean, Russia)Nearest volcano: Kuntomintar (108 km / 67 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
300 km (186 mi) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) --> See nearby quakes!
7096 km (4409 mi) NE of Moscow (pop: 10,381,200) --> See nearby quakes!
109 km (68 mi) SE of Shiashkotan Island --> See nearby quakes!
258 km (160 mi) ENE of Simushir Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.0 | 64 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | GFZ |
| M 4.8 | 10 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | EMSC |
| M 5.0 | 10 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | GeoAu |
| M 4.8 | 38 km | 295km SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia | USGS |
| M 5.2 | 15 km | Kuril Islands (Russia) | BMKG |
User reports for this quake (1)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
595.4 km NNE of epicenter [Map] / Violent shaking (MMI IX)
Aftershocks
Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 109 km southeast of Shiashkotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Sunday, 5 January 2020 at 08:08 (GMT)Please check again later while we are collecting more data.
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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 109 km southeast of Shiashkotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Sunday, 5 January 2020 at 08:08 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
