A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Shalazhi in Russia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.2938 East, latitude 42.949 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qe16. Id of event: us7000qe16. The temblor was reported at 12:20:27 / 12:20 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 event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 12:20:27 / July 20, 2025 @ 12:20 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nozhay-Yurt, Alagir, Staryy Malgobek (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Vladikavkaz (c. 317 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Groznyy (c. 226 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Nazran’ (c. 164 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ordzhonikidzevskaya (c. 71 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Staryy Malgobek (c. 46 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Malgobek (c. 43 400 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 17 km SSW of Shalazhi, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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