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M6.8 earthquake, Russia, 2025-08-03

MagnitudeM6.8mww

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Depth30 km

Time (UTC)2025-08-03 05:37

Rank in 202523 / 145among M6+

Rank since 19002519 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×16approx.

123 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia · 50.59, 157.86

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2025-08-27	2025-08-27 03:49	40 km	92 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1952 M9.0M9.0

2025 M8.8M8.8

1904 M7.7M7.7

2020 M7.5M7.5

1993 M7.5M7.5

1904 M7.5M7.5

1936 M7.5M7.5

1911 M7.4M7.4

1916 M7.4M7.4

1971 M7.3M7.3

1907 M7.2M7.2

1973 M7.2M7.2

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2025-08-02	2025-08-02 14:14	17 km	165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.1 2025-08-01	2025-08-01 18:20	10 km	215 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 2025-07-31	2025-07-31 05:27	15 km	222 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.0 2025-07-30	2025-07-30 16:07	35 km	138 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 2025-07-30	2025-07-30 09:56	10 km	183 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.2 2025-07-30	2025-07-30 00:16	35 km	126 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.9 2025-07-30	2025-07-30 00:09	37 km	125 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.0 2025-07-29	2025-07-29 23:37	35 km	165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.0 2025-07-29	2025-07-29 23:36	35 km	124 km ENE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.1 2025-07-29	2025-07-29 23:30	25 km	78 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.