A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (111 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 23:24:27 / August 2, 2025 @ 11:24 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:24:27 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.6873 East, latitude 51.5203 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qxrn. Id of event: us6000qxrn. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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