Early-est:     East of Kuril Islands    2025.08.03-12:38:20.92    q:B      mb:5.1*    Mwp:-    Mwpd:-    Td*T50Ex:0.7     fmamp_polarity:./hypo.1754224705904.mech.fmamp_polarity.thumb.jpg     fmamp_polarity_waveform:./hypo.1754224705904.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.thumb.jpg     hash:./hypo.1754224705904.mech.hash.thumb.jpg

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist
Automatically determined event information may be incorrect!

Earthquake Details:
Magnitude: mb: 5.1* [58]    Mwp: 5.5X [1]    Mwpd: 5.8Xinv [1]
Region: East of Kuril Islands
Origin Time: 2025.08.03-12:38:20.92 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: 50.48°  lon: 158.99°  [+/-30km]    depth: 9km  [+/-39km]
Location Quality: qualityCode:  B     stdErr: 1.9s   assocPhases: 87   usedPhases: 63
minDist: 2.6°   maxDist: 148.6°   AzGap: 114°   2ndAzGap: 125°   atten: -1.13 [+/-0.32]
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 19km   maxHorUnc: 30km   azMaxHorUnc: 152°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 40km   majorAxisAzimuth: 338°   majorAxisPlunge: 76°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 36km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 152°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 14°   semiMinorAxisLength: 23km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: Prob Underwater: >99%
T50Ex: 0.5 [52]    Td: 1.5s [5]    Td*T50Ex: 0.7 [5]    To: 29.0s [45]
Closest plate boundaries:
   Okhotsk / Pacific [subduction zone]: distance: ~40km
   North America / Pacific [subduction zone]: distance: ~630km
   Okhotsk / North America [subduction zone]: distance: ~630km
Subduction geometry:    Zone: Kamchatka/Kurils/Japan: DEBUG: error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gmt'    Slab depth at epicenter: error: evaluating slab depth: -999.9
Decision table (TEST!):
Event type: Subduction Zone Other Thrust/Normal Strike-slip
Compatible close plate boundary?:
 YES (40km)
 no
 no
Prob underwater:
 >99%
 >99%
 >99%
Td*T50Ex:
   0.7
   0.7
   0.7
Td*To:
     43.5
     43.5
     43.5
Mwp magnitude:
       -
       -
       -
Hypocenter depth:
       9km
       9km
       9km
Slab depth at epicenter:
       n/a
       -
       -
Tsunami and Rupture predictions (TEST!): No prediction: Event too small (Mwp<7.0) or too few Mwp readings (N<20)
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First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY):    (Warning: VERY UNRELIABLE SOLUTION, qualityCode=D)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 144°   dip: 38°   rake: -130°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 11°   dip: 62°   rake: -63°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 47   misfitWeightCount: 5.5   misfit: 0.12   stationDistributionRatio: 0.43   meanDistP: 50.0   meanDistT: 52.1   qualityCode: D
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity
./hypo.1754224705904.mech.fmamp_polarity.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY_WAVEFORM):    (No solution available)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 0°   dip: 0°   rake: 0°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 270°   dip: 90°   rake: 90°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 0   misfitWeightCount: -1.0   misfit: -1.00   stationDistributionRatio: -1.00   meanDistP: -1.0   meanDistT: -1.0   qualityCode: X
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity_waveform
./hypo.1754224705904.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH):
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 207°   dip: 83°   rake: 162°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 299°   dip: 72°   rake: 7°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 140°   stationPolarityCount: 46   misfit: 0.15   stationDistributionRatio: 0.66   rmsAngDiffAccPref: 5.69   fracAcc30degPref: 1.00   qualityCode: B
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
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Event ID: smi:alomax.net_BETA/author/ee/event/1754224705904
Event info last updated: 2025.08.03-13:37:01 UTC
Event first association/location: 2025.08.03-12:44:01 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.10 (2024.02.23)
Agency: alomax.net_BETA