Earthquake details

Tuesday, December 25, 1979 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Russia on Tuesday, December 25, 1979 at 03:36 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Vladivostok (Russia - RU), about 57.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 131.189 and latitude 43.227.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	535.0 km
Coordinates	43.227, 131.189
UTC time	1979-12-25 03:36:53.200

Location	Vladivostok
Country	Russia (RU)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1979-12-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Vladivostok	57.2 km
Hunchun	78.6 km
Artyom	82.5 km
Ussuriysk	88.6 km
Bolshoy Kamen	95.1 km
Dongning	95.6 km
Aoji	101.4 km
Ŭndŏk	105.2 km
Tumen	113.3 km
Wangqing	116.0 km
Rajin	131.1 km
Yanji	142.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.2 Vladivostok Russia · 2025-10-25 11:45 UTC	22.1 km
M 4.0 Vladivostok Russia · 2025-08-29 03:18 UTC	28.3 km

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