Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 172 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 172 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (107 miles). Global time and date of event 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 07:55:49 / September 22, 2025 @ 7:55 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.4577 East, latitude 51.5191 North, depth = 34.394 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qxsn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxsn. The temblor was reported at 07:55:49 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.394 km (21 miles).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and four and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 172 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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