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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Vilyuchinsk in Russia


Earthquake location 51.7007S, 158.9003WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 141 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (88 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 02:50:28 / July 30, 2025 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r11g. Id of event: us6000r11g. The temblor was picked up at 02:50:28 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 158.9003° East, 51.7007° North, depth 35 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and eighty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 141 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.9003° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.7007° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 141 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 2025-07-30 02:50:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-24 23:56:08 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 11.544 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us6000r11g Id of event.
Event Code 6000r11g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r11g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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