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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Vilyuchinsk in Russia

Posted by admin on October 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.4764S, 159.7307WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 185 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (115 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 06:56:35 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rk4j. Id of event: us6000rk4j. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/25 / 2025-10-29 06:56:35 / October 29, 2025 @ 6:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, 159.7307° East, 51.4764° North, depth 10 km.

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

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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: 185 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.7307° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.4764° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 185 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 2025-10-29 06:56:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-29 07:17:35 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.056 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us6000rk4j Id of event.
Event Code 6000rk4j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rk4j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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