A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rcdb. Id of event: us6000rcdb. Global time and date of event 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 17:26:42 / September 23, 2025 @ 5:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 158.3384° East, latitude 52.1724° North, depth = 79.144 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:26:42 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.144 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 84 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
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