A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Novokayakent in Russia. Exact location of event, longitude 48.198 East, latitude 42.365 North, depth = 10 km. 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qr6h. Unique identifier: us7000qr6h. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/25 / 2025-08-26 20:33:30 / August 26, 2025 @ 8:33 pm. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:33:30 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Makhachkala (c. 498 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Derbent (c. 106 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kaspiysk (c. 81 800 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Buynaksk (c. 62 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Izberbash (c. 42 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Dagestanskiye Ogni (c. 27 800 pop), 56 km (34 miles) from Belidzhi (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Akhty, Qusar, Tyube (min 5000 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km E of Novokayakent, Russia.

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