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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Vilyuchinsk in Russia


Earthquake location 51.4433S, 159.3189WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 176 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (109 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 30.061 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 10:18:23 / September 20, 2025 @ 10:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.3189 East, latitude 51.4433 North, depth = 30.061 km. Id of earthquake: us7000qxjq. Event ids that are associated: us7000qxjq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:18:23 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-six and in the last 365 days one thousand and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 176 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.3189° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.4433° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.061 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 176 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 2025-09-20 10:18:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-20 10:35:35 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 400 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.635 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us7000qxjq Id of event.
Event Code 7000qxjq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qxjq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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