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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Ust-Nera in Russia


Earthquake location 65.254S, 145.6585WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 137 km ENE of Ust-Nera, Russia (85 miles) on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us7000pdsi. Event ids that are associated: us7000pdsi. The epicenter was 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). The temblor was picked up at 11:02:25 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.6585 East, latitude 65.254 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 11:02:25 / February 8, 2025 @ 11:02 am.

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 137 km ENE of Ust-Nera, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.6585° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.254° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 137 km ENE of Ust-Nera, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-08 11:02:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-27 09:14:02 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 246 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us7000pdsi Id of event.
Event Code 7000pdsi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pdsi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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