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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 51 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia


Earthquake location 43.9047S, 147.3511WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 51 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia (32 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 147.3511° East, 43.9047° North, depth 68.804 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:28:44 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pv5p. Unique identifier: us6000pv5p. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.804 km (43 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 05:28:44 / February 16, 2025 @ 5:28 am UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 51 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.3511° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.9047° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.804 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km ENE of Shikotan, 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 05:28:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-28 14:11:46 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 259 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.439 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 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 us6000pv5p Id of event.
Event Code 6000pv5p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pv5p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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