Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Shikotan in Russia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 59 km E of Shikotan, Russia (37 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rw9k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rw9k. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.552 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/25 / 2025-12-21 02:05:40 / December 21, 2025 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:05:40 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 147.4633° East, 43.8372° North, depth 34.552 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. 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: 59 km E of Shikotan, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	147.4633° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.8372° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.552 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59 km E of Shikotan, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-21 02:05:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-21 02:33:27	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	67	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.527	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	185	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	us6000rw9k	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rw9k	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rw9k,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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