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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 46 km E of Shikotan, Russia


Earthquake location 43.8153S, 147.2966WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 46 km E of Shikotan, Russia (29 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:23:08 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/25 / 2025-05-29 22:23:08 / May 29, 2025 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.2966 East, latitude 43.8153 North, depth = 101.015 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101.015 km (63 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qgsb. Unique identifier: us6000qgsb.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km E of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.2966° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.8153° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101.015 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km E of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-29 22:23:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-29 22:43:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 449 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 129 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.409 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qgsb Id of event.
Event Code 6000qgsb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qgsb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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