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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Vilyuchinsk in Russia


Earthquake location 51.4298S, 159.7891WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 192 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (119 miles). Event id: us6000qwdk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qwdk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 159.7891° East, 51.4298° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 07:58:21 / July 30, 2025 @ 7:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:58:21 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter).

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.7891° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.4298° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 192 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-30 07:58:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-30 08:32:28 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 416 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 89 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.743 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us6000qwdk Id of event.
Event Code 6000qwdk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qwdk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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