Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 234 km southwest of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on 13 May 10:44 am (GMT +11) -
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Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 89 km depth
12 May 23:55 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 12, 2021 23:44:31 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | 13 May 10:44 am (GMT +11) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 5 |
| Depth | 89.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 48.86°N / 154.49°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Russia) |
| Antipode | 48.86°S / 25.51°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) |
| Nearest volcano | Sinarka (23 km / 14 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 234 km (145 mi) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk (pop: 2,420) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 326 km (203 mi) SSW of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  1.9°C (35 F), humidity: 83%, wind: 8 m/s (16 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.0 | 89 km | Kuril Islands, Russia | GFZ |
| 5.1 | 80 km | KURIL ISLANDS, Russia | EMSC |
| 5.2 | 93 km | Near Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy, Russia | RENASS |
| 5.1 | 107 km | 229 Km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia | USGS |
| 5.4 | 10 km | Kuril Islands, Russia | BMKG |
| 5.3 | 83 km | Kuril Islands, Russia | GeoAu |
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