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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Vilyuchinsk in Russia


Earthquake location 50.9168S, 160.3804WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 262 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (163 miles). Unique identifier: us7000qvpw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qvpw. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:39:58 / 5:39 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.3804 East, latitude 50.9168 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 05:39:58 / August 19, 2025 @ 5:39 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-nine 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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 262 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.3804° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.9168° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 262 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 2025-08-19 05:39:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-15 14:04:17 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 259 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.366 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us7000qvpw Id of event.
Event Code 7000qvpw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qvpw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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