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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Vilyuchinsk in Russia


Earthquake location 51.8202S, 158.4768WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 123 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (76 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 71.892 km (45 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 01:00:23 / July 30, 2025 @ 1:00 am. The temblor was reported at 01:00:23 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 158.4768 East, latitude 51.8202 North, depth = 71.892 km. Id of earthquake: us6000r1h7. Event ids that are associated: us6000r1h7.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and sixty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 123 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.4768° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.8202° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.892 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 123 km S 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 01:00:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-16 06:21:34 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 369 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.21 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us6000r1h7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000r1h7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r1h7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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