A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 172 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (107 miles). Unique identifier: us6000r0z3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r0z3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.419 km (16 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:20:00 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 25.419 km, 160.063° East, 51.7611° North. Global time and date of event 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 14:20:00 / August 15, 2025 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 172 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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