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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Romanovka in Russia


Earthquake location 43.1247S, 132.5256WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Romanovka in Russia on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 489.383 km, 132.5256° East, 43.1247° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 489.383 km (304 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/03/25 / 2025-03-23 12:03:01 / March 23, 2025 @ 12:03 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:03:01 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pm1r. Event ids that are associated: us7000pm1r.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ussuriysk, Sergeyevka, Razdol’noye (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Vladivostok (c. 587 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ussuriysk (c. 157 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Nakhodka (c. 146 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Artëm (c. 102 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Partizansk (c. 42 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Bol’shoy Kamen’ (c. 38 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km SSE of Romanovka, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 132.5256° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.1247° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 489.383 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SSE of Romanovka, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-23 12:03:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-23 14:07:06 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 271 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 115 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.143 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us7000pm1r Id of event.
Event Code 7000pm1r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pm1r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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