Early-est:     East of Kuril Islands    2025.08.03-13:25:25.22    q:A      mb:5.2*    Mwp:-    Mwpd:-    Td*T50Ex:1.4     fmamp_polarity:./hypo.1754227526164.mech.fmamp_polarity.thumb.jpg     fmamp_polarity_waveform:./hypo.1754227526164.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.thumb.jpg     hash:./hypo.1754227526164.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: 5.2* [75]    Mwp: 5.8X [1]    Mwpd: 5.8Xinv [1]
Region: East of Kuril Islands
Origin Time: 2025.08.03-13:25:25.22 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: 50.39°  lon: 159.07°  [+/-15km]    depth: 9km  [+/-14km]
Location Quality: qualityCode:  A     stdErr: 1.5s   assocPhases: 118   usedPhases: 87
minDist: 2.6°   maxDist: 157.2°   AzGap: 89°   2ndAzGap: 97°   atten: -1.26 [+/-0.30]
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 12km   maxHorUnc: 15km   azMaxHorUnc: 6°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 19km   majorAxisAzimuth: 188°   majorAxisPlunge: 15°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 15km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 284°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 21°   semiMinorAxisLength: 14km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: Prob Underwater: >99%
T50Ex: 0.6 [60]    Td: 2.2s [10]    Td*T50Ex: 1.4 [10]    To: 33.1s [57]
Closest plate boundaries:
   Okhotsk / Pacific [subduction zone]: distance: ~30km
   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 (30km)
 no
 no
Prob underwater:
 >99%
 >99%
 >99%
Td*T50Ex:
   1.4
   1.4
   1.4
Td*To:
     72.8
     72.8
     72.8
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: 30°   dip: 33°   rake: 49°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 256°   dip: 66°   rake: 113°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 77   misfitWeightCount: 9.2   misfit: 0.17   stationDistributionRatio: 0.26   meanDistP: 50.1   meanDistT: 51.1   qualityCode: D
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity
./hypo.1754227526164.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.1754227526164.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH):    (Warning: VERY UNRELIABLE SOLUTION, qualityCode=D)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 285°   dip: 85°   rake: -159°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 193°   dip: 69°   rake: -5°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 124°   stationPolarityCount: 76   misfit: 0.36   stationDistributionRatio: 0.67   rmsAngDiffAccPref: 37.82   fracAcc30degPref: 0.62   qualityCode: D
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
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Event ID: smi:alomax.net_BETA/author/ee/event/1754227526164
Event info last updated: 2025.08.03-14:24:12 UTC
Event first association/location: 2025.08.03-13:32:01 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.10 (2024.02.23)
Agency: alomax.net_BETA