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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Vilyuchinsk in Russia

Posted by admin on August 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.7541S, 159.2102WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 142 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (88 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 00:25:13 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 00:25:13 / July 31, 2025 @ 12:25 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.2102 East, latitude 51.7541 North, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r2cj. Unique identifier: us6000r2cj.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and one, in the last 10 days eight hundred and five, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 142 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.2102° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.7541° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 142 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 2025-07-31 00:25:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-29 02:54:02 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.317 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us6000r2cj Id of event.
Event Code 6000r2cj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r2cj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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