A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (111 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:51:37 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.287 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 22.287 km, 159.7115° East, 51.5308° North. Global time and date of event 06/08/25 / 2025-08-06 12:51:37 / August 6, 2025 @ 12:51 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000qyl6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qyl6.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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