Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Tiksi in Russia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 207 km NE of Tiksi, Russia (129 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 16:11:33 / February 28, 2025 @ 4:11 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:11:33 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 132.7153° East, latitude 73.1466° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000pw3w. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw3w. 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).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 207 km NE of Tiksi, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	132.7153° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	73.1466° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	207 km NE of Tiksi, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-28 16:11:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-28 16:27:30	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	416	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	65	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.919	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000pw3w	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pw3w	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pw3w,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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