Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Shatoy in Russia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Shatoy in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 45.7409° East, latitude 42.8205° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pc3z. Id of event: us7000pc3z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:17:27 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 11:17:27 / January 31, 2025 @ 11:17 am.

The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Vladikavkaz (c. 317 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Groznyy (c. 226 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Nazran’ (c. 164 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Khasavyurt (c. 126 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ordzhonikidzevskaya (c. 71 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Urus-Martan (c. 41 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shamil’kala, Dubki, Chermen.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SE of Shatoy, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.7409° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.8205° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km SE of Shatoy, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-31 11:17:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-27 14:59:04	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.453	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	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	us7000pc3z	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pc3z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pc3z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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