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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, northwest of the Kuril Islands

Posted by admin on August 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 48.0089S, 148.0521WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes northwest of the Kuril Islands (0 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.0521 East, latitude 48.0089 North, depth = 389.508 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 389.508 km (242 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:39:12 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). 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: 29/08/25 / 2025-08-29 06:39:12 / August 29, 2025 @ 6:39 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qrts. Id of event: us7000qrts.

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

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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: northwest of the Kuril Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 148.0521° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.0089° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 389.508 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place northwest of the Kuril Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-29 06:39:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-29 08:54:41 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 284 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.739 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us7000qrts Id of event.
Event Code 7000qrts An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qrts, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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