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Moderate mag. 3.8 earthquake - Black Sea, Georgia, 5.1 km south of Tuapse, Russia, on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:31 pm (GMT +3) -

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Moderate mag. 3.8 earthquake - Black Sea, Georgia, 5.1 km south of Tuapse, Russia, on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:31 pm (GMT +3) Moderate mag. 3.8 earthquake - Black Sea, Georgia, 5.1 km south of Tuapse, Russia, on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:31 pm (GMT +3)

Moderate magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 5 km depth

25 May 20:39 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 7 minutes.
25 May 21:40: Now using data updates from RaspberryShake
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Earthquake details

Date & timeMay 25, 2023 20:31:53 UTC -
Local time at epicenterThursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:31 pm (GMT +3)
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude3.8
Depth5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude44.06°N / 39.07°E (Black Sea, Georgia)
Antipode44.06°S / 140.93°W
Shaking intensityLight shaking
Felt16 reports
Primary data sourceRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearby towns and cities5 km (3 mi) S of Tuapse (Russia) (pop: 64,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
27 km (17 mi) NW of Lazarevskoye (Russia) (pop: 30,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
28 km (17 mi) SE of Novomikhaylovskiy (Tuapsinsky District, Russia) (pop: 10,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
69 km (43 mi) SW of Apsheronsk (Russia) (pop: 40,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
73 km (46 mi) NW of Sochi (Russia) (pop: 327,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
111 km (69 mi) NW of Gant'iadi (pop: 10,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
179 km (111 mi) NW of Stantsiya Novyy Afon (pop: 26,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
538 km (334 mi) WNW of Tbilisi (pop: 1,049,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Mag.DepthLocationSource
3.85 kmGeorgia: Northwestern CaucasusRaspberryShake
3.85 kmGeorgia: CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIAEMSC

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с Агой, Туапсинский район, К / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : Гул, дребезжание дома, звон. Трясло туда- сюда вбок, вправо- влево. Недолго. Три раза с интервалами в полчаса где то. 1-3 секунды. | One user found this interesting.  
Небуг (14.1 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Страшно | One user found this interesting.  
Tuapse, Krasnodar region, Russia (3.4 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 2-5 s : Гул и вибрация | One user found this interesting. (reported through our app)  
Lazarevskoye, Sochi City, Krasnodarskiy (26.8 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Шаталась люстра и кровать с дверью | One user found this interesting.  
Tuapse, Tuapsinskiy Rayon, Krasnodarskiy (6.3 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Сидели на кухне | One user found this interesting.  
Tuapse, Tuapsinskiy Rayon, Krasnodarskiy (4.4 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : 4 floor, sound and vibration | One user found this interesting.  
Агой / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Трясло кровать | One user found this interesting.  
Лазаревское / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Одиночный толчок. | One user found this interesting.  
Tuapse, Tuapsinskiy Rayon, Krasnodarskiy (4.9 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s (reported through our app)
near Tuapse, Tuapsinskiy Rayon, Krasnodarskiy (15.5 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 2-5 s
Туапсе (4.4 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
Shepsi / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
г Туапсе / not felt / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 5-10 s
Tuapse / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Туапсе / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s
Tuapse / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 2-5 s
Туапсе / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s

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