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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Sut-Khol’ in Russia


Earthquake location 51.9701S, 90.6273WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Sut-Khol’ in Russia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:23:46 / 11:23 am (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 event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/25 / 2025-06-12 11:23:46 / June 12, 2025 @ 11:23 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 90.6273 East, latitude 51.9701 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000qjsy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qjsy.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyzyl-Mazhalyk, Ak-Dovurak, Abaza. Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Abaza (c. 18 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ak-Dovurak (c. 12 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kyzyl-Mazhalyk (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 77 km NW of Sut-Khol’, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 90.6273° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9701° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km NW of Sut-Khol’, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-12 11:23:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-12 11:47:48 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 312 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.032 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qjsy Id of event.
Event Code 6000qjsy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qjsy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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