A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 118 kilometers (73 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 77.829 km (48 miles). Unique identifier: us6000r0qc. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r0qc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 23:36:06 / July 29, 2025 @ 11:36 pm. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:36:06 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.2404 East, latitude 51.8732 North, depth = 77.829 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 118 km (73 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and one, in the last 10 days two hundred and four, in the past 30 days two hundred and four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 118 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
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