A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 166 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (103 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.093 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/25 / 2025-10-31 08:57:40 / October 31, 2025 @ 8:57 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:57:40 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 159.4497° East, latitude 51.5813° North, depth = 27.093 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rkjg. Id of event: us6000rkjg.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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