Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - 87 km southeast of Aldan, Sakha, Russia, on Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021 3:46 am (GMT +9) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 10 km depth
18 Jan 19:17 UTC: First to report: USGS after 32 minutes.
19 Jan 19:24: Epicenter location corrected by 1.2 km (0.7 mi) towards W.
19 Jan 19:24: Epicenter location corrected by 1.2 km (0.7 mi) towards W.
Update Mon, 18 Jan 2021, 19:21
Light magnitude 4.7 quake hits 88 km southeast of Aldan, Russia early morning4.7 quake 19 Jan 3:46 am (GMT +9)
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Aldan, Aldansky District, Sakha, Russia, was reported 35 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter early morning on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 3:46 am local time. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Kankunskiy (pop. 95) located 47 km from the epicenter, and Leninskiy (pop. 2,000) 83 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Aldan (pop. 24,400) located 88 km from the epicenter, Nizhniy Kuranakh (pop. 6,800) 103 km away, and Tommot (pop. 9,000) 106 km away.
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Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Kankunskiy (pop. 95) located 47 km from the epicenter, and Leninskiy (pop. 2,000) 83 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Aldan (pop. 24,400) located 88 km from the epicenter, Nizhniy Kuranakh (pop. 6,800) 103 km away, and Tommot (pop. 9,000) 106 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
Earthquake data:
Date & time: 18 Jan 2021 18:46:13 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021 3:46 am (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 58.004°N / 126.3393°E

Nearby towns and cities:
46 km (29 mi) NNE of Kankunskiy (pop: 95) --> See nearby quakes!
87 km (54 mi) SE of Aldan (pop: 24,400) --> See nearby quakes!
103 km (64 mi) SSE of Nizhniy Kuranakh (pop: 6,800) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) S of Tommot (Aldanskiy Ulus) (pop: 9,030) --> See nearby quakes!
155 km (96 mi) NNE of Chul'man (Gorod Neryungri) (pop: 10,200) --> See nearby quakes!
180 km (112 mi) NNE of Neryungri (pop: 66,300) --> See nearby quakes!
332 km (206 mi) NNE of Tynda (Amur Oblast) (pop: 37,300) --> See nearby quakes!
417 km (259 mi) SSW of Pokrovsk (pop: 9,760) --> See nearby quakes!
428 km (266 mi) SE of Olyokminsk (Olekminskiy Ulus) (pop: 8,810) --> See nearby quakes!
486 km (302 mi) SSW of Yakutsk (pop: 235,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Scattered Clouds
-39.9°C (-40 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from SSW
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)Scattered Clouds

Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 4.7 | 10 km | 73 Km SE of Lebedinyy, Russia | USGS |
M 4.7 | 10 km | SOUTHWESTERN SAKHA, RUSSIA | EMSC |
M 4.6 | 7 km | Southeastern Siberia, Russia | GFZ |
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85.7 km NW of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : . | One user found this interesting.
Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900
- Date / time UTC| Mag |Depth|Age|Distance| Details
- 04 Jan 2014 19:34| 5.1 |12.3km / 7.6mi|7 years ago|247km / 153mi| 292km E of Chul'man, Russia
- 08 Nov 2008 08:45| 5.1 |27km / 17mi|12 years ago|237km / 148mi| 102 km W of Neryungri, Sakha, Russia
- 04 Feb 2016 00:18| 5.0 |10km / 6.2mi|5 years ago|128km / 79mi| Southeastern Siberia, Russia
- 01 Mar 1985 09:19| 4.4 |33km / 21mi|36 years ago|74km / 46mi| 126 km NE of Neryungri, Sakha, Russia
- 24 Apr 2008 14:14| 4.2 |10km / 6.2mi|13 years ago|129km / 80mi| 39 km N of Chul'man, Gorod Neryungri, Sakha, Russia
- 12 Jun 2016 04:26| 4.0 |10km / 6.2mi|5 years ago|72km / 45mi| 59 km E of Kankunskiy, Sakha, Russia
- 21 Jul 2006 22:04| 4.0 |10km / 6.2mi|15 years ago|79km / 49mi| 169 km NE of Neryungri, Sakha, Russia
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