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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Kuril’sk in Russia


Earthquake location 45.8224S, 148.1829WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 70 km NNE of Kuril’sk, Russia (43 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:16:27 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 148.1829 East, latitude 45.8224 North, depth = 189.571 km. Unique identifier: us7000pe1j. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pe1j. The epicenter was at a depth of 189.571 km (118 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 00:16:27 / February 16, 2025 @ 12:16 am UTC/GMT.

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km NNE of Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 148.1829° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.8224° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 189.571 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km NNE of Kuril’sk, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-16 00:16:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-16 02:36:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.92 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pe1j Id of event.
Event Code 7000pe1j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pe1j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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