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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Vilyuchinsk in Russia

Posted by admin on August 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.6991S, 159.7836WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 166 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (103 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:05:20 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qz8m. Id of event: us6000qz8m. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.373 km (13 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 22:05:20 / August 8, 2025 @ 10:05 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 159.7836 East, latitude 51.6991 North, depth = 21.373 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 166 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.7836° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.6991° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.373 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 166 km SE 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 2025-08-08 22:05:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-08 23:14:33 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 385 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 113 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us6000qz8m Id of event.
Event Code 6000qz8m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qz8m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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