A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 167 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (104 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/25 / 2025-09-06 16:08:28 / September 6, 2025 @ 4:08 pm. Unique identifier: us7000quf4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000quf4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 159.5308° East, 51.5942° North. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:08:28 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 167 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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