Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes 115 km ENE of Ozernovskiy, Russia

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 115 km ENE of Ozernovskiy, Russia, on Friday, July 24, 2026, at 16:33:19 GMT. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the seismic event's epicenter at coordinates 51.7216 latitude and 158.127 longitude, with a depth of 69.804 kilometers.

The USGS, a scientific agency of the United States government, monitors and reports on earthquakes globally. The magnitude scale, often referred to as the Richter scale by the public, quantifies the energy released by an earthquake. Depth refers to how far below the Earth's surface the earthquake originated.

This moderate earthquake occurred in a region east-northeast of Ozernovskiy, Russia.