Moderate 4.3 quake hits near Krasnodar Krai, Sochi City, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia

A shallow magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported early afternoon near Krasnodar Krai, Sochi City, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Thursday, February 13th, 2025, at 3:12 pm local time at a shallow depth of 10. km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.3 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 Krasnodar Krai (pop. 180) located 18 km from the epicenter, Dagomys (pop. 20,000) 24 km away, Lazarevskoye (pop. 30,000) 24 km away, Krasnodar Krai (pop. 327,600) 32 km away, Khosta (pop. 20,000) 45 km away, and Kudepsta (pop. 17,000) 48 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Tuapse (pop. 64,200) located 51 km from the epicenter, Adler (pop. 70,200) 55 km away, and Maikop (pop. 144,100) 89 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Feb 13, 2025 03:12 pm (Moscow time) local time (13 Feb 2025 12:12 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 10.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 43.88°N / 39.63°E (Sochi, Adygeya Republic, Russia)
Primary data source: GFZ
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