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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in the Russia on Tuesday (January 13), according to the United States Geological Survey.
The earthquake was recorded at 10:34 a.m. local time and centered at 133 kilometers (about 83 miles) southeast of Kuril'sk at a depth of 35.8 kilometers (about 22 miles). The USGS said it received zero reports of people having felt the earthquake at the time of publication on Tuesday.
There is currently no tsunami threat in effect. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was the largest recorded in the Kuril Islands, which stretch to Japan, in the last month and was the fourth within the past 24 hours; the fifth in the past seven days; the 21st in the past 30 days; and the 65th in the past 365 days, according to EarthquakeTrack.com.
Russia is reported to have had three earthquakes measuring 1.5-magnitude or greater in the past 24 hours; 25 in the past seven days; 74 in the last 30 days; and 1,523 in past 365 days, according to EarthquakeTrack.com. Earthquakes measured between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude can be felt by a large population, however, rarely results in much damage, according to Michigan Tech via the Sacramento Bee.
An estimated 500,000 detectable earthquakes are reported worldwide annually, however, around 100,000 are felt and only 100 typically result in serious damage. Officials strongly advise that anyone caught in an earthquake should drop, cover and hold on, according to the Sacramento Bee.