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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 91 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia

Posted by admin on December 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.6396S, 147.8416WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 91 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia (57 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:22:24 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.8416 East, latitude 43.6396 North, depth = 34.683 km. 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: us6000rw90. Id of event: us6000rw90. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.683 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/25 / 2025-12-21 00:22:24 / December 21, 2025 @ 12:22 am.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.8416° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.6396° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.683 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km ESE 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 00:22:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-21 00:47:51 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 385 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.809 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us6000rw90 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rw90 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rw90, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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