A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Balaklava in Ukraine. Exact location of event, longitude 33.2682 East, latitude 44.4124 North, depth = 15.338 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/25 / 2025-12-12 17:13:17 / December 12, 2025 @ 5:13 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ruhv. Id of event: us6000ruhv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.338 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:13:17 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Sevastopol (c. 379 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Simferopol (c. 358 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yevpatoriya (c. 105 200 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Yalta (c. 79 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Miskhor (c. 30 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Saky (c. 28 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Simferopol, Yevpatoriya, Partenit. Close country/countries that might be effected, Ukraine (c. 45 416 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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