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4.7MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

107 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

USGS

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 107 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia on 17 Sept 2026, 13:30 UTC. The hypocentre was 57.4 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention.

Depth
57.4 km

shallow

Latitude
52.23°N

159.50°E longitude

Time
13:30 UTC

17 Sept 2026

Magnitude
M4.7

mb

EPICENTRE

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MAGNITUDE 4.7

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 350 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 169 tonnes of TNT.

57.4 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.

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