A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 13:05:04 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qz30. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qz30. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85.401 km (53 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 158.3389 East, latitude 52.0933 North, depth = 85.401 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 13:05:04 / August 8, 2025 @ 1:05 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 93 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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