Urgent: 7.0-magnitude quake hits 121 km E of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia -- USGS-Xinhua

Urgent: 7.0-magnitude quake hits 121 km E of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia -- USGS

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-08-03 13:51:30

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 121 km E of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia at 0537 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 40.8 km, was initially determined to be at 50.53 degrees north latitude and 157.83 degrees east longitude.