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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 174 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia


Earthquake location 51.4746S, 159.3602WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 174 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (108 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:51:25 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r33k. Id of event: us6000r33k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 159.3602 East, latitude 51.4746 North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 09:51:25 / August 1, 2025 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and eighty-nine, in the last 10 days seven hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 174 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This data 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 159.3602° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.4746° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 174 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 09:51:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-31 03:39:44 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.611 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us6000r33k Id of event.
Event Code 6000r33k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r33k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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