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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Vilyuchinsk in Russia

Posted by admin on August 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.6351S, 159.7359WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 170 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (106 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:02:42 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000qzz1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qzz1. Exact location of event, longitude 159.7359 East, latitude 51.6351 North, depth = 31.475 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.475 km (20 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 21:02:42 / August 11, 2025 @ 9:02 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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: 170 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.7359° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.6351° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.475 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 170 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 2025-08-11 21:02:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-11 21:22:31 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.542 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000qzz1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qzz1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qzz1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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