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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Vilyuchinsk in Russia


Earthquake location 52.7348S, 158.8849WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.957 km (50 miles). Unique identifier: us6000r10v. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r10v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 01:04:35 / July 30, 2025 @ 1:04 am. The temblor was reported at 01:04:35 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 158.8849° East, 52.7348° North, depth 80.957 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 39 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.8849° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.7348° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.957 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 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 2025-07-30 01:04:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-16 07:28:18 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 432 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 142 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.322 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us6000r10v Id of event.
Event Code 6000r10v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r10v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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