A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 169 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (105 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/25 / 2025-08-21 14:42:38 / August 21, 2025 @ 2:42 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:42:38 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000r2sx. Event ids that are associated: us6000r2sx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.036 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 36.036 km, 160.1185° East, 51.8319° North.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days six hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 169 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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