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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Vilyuchinsk in Russia


Earthquake location 52.2529S, 159.1501WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia. The temblor was detected at 02:15:18 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.104 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 02:15:18 / August 1, 2025 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 159.1501 East, latitude 52.2529 North, depth = 69.104 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r31f. Id of event: us6000r31f.

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). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fifty-seven, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 90 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.1501° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2529° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.104 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90 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 2025-08-01 02:15:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-23 00:54:20 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 271 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.83 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 229 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 us6000r31f Id of event.
Event Code 6000r31f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r31f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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