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Information message about a noticeable earthquake in the Magadan region on March 17, 2026.

A significant earthquake (moderate at the epicenter on the SIS-17 scale) with M=5.0 occurred on March 17, 2026 at 11:05 a.m. GMT (2:05 p.m. Moscow time) in the Magadan region.<br /> SIS-17 - Earthquakes. Seismic intensity scale. State Standard 57546–2017.

Parameters of the earthquake have been determined in the Alert Service (AS) of Information Processing Center (IPC) of Geophysical Survey of RAS in Obninsk with station data obtained from digital and analog seismic stations of Russia, countries of CIS and from abroad. Alert message on this earthquake has been delivered in 11 min after registration to the Ministry of Emergency of the Russian Federation (EMERCOM).

Preliminary processing has been done with data from 11 stations, accurate processing - with data from 38.

The red marker on the map is the epicenter of the earthquake, the origin of which was in the Magadan region, at a depth of 10 km, 31 km SE of Palatka, 36 km N of Ola and 45 km NE of Magadan.

	Time in origin (GMT)	Latitude, degree	Longitude, degree	Depth, km	Stations number	Ms/N	mb/N	I0 (calculated)	GAP	Center
1	11:05:48.0	59.89	151.25	33.0	11		4.8/10	3-3.5		GS RAS(Preliminary) Federal research center, Geophysical survey of Russian Academy of Sciences
2	11:05:44.4	59.87	151.25	10.0	189		4.9		69	CSEM European - Mediterranean seismological center
3	11:05:45.0	59.86	151.46	10.0	77		4.9/228		72	NEIC National Earthquakes Information Center of US Geological Service
4	11:05:45.0	59.95	151.25	10.0		К 12.8	4.9			NEGSR North-East Regional Seismological Centre, Magadan, Geophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Sciences
5	11:05:44.7	59.9	151.27	10.0	38		5.0/22	6	80	GS RAS(Verified) Federal research center, Geophysical survey of Russian Academy of Sciences

Fig. 1 presents fragments of records obtained from digital stations Seimchan (∆ 3.1º), Petropavlovsk Group (∆ 7.7º), Bilibino (∆ 10.5º), Yakutsk (∆ 10.7º), Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (∆ 13.9º). Fig. 2 presents fragments of records obtained from digital stations Zeya (∆ 14.4º), Tiksi (∆ 14.8º), Kuldur (∆ 15.5º), Tupik (∆ 17.7º), Ussuriysk Group (∆ 19.6º).

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According to the Magadan Branch of GS RAS the earthquake was felt in the following settlements: Magadan, Uptar I=6 points, Stekolny, Gadlya, Klepka, Palatka I=5 points, and Ola, Seymchan I=4 points. In Magadan and Uptar, plaster damage was observed in some houses. One resident's bathroom tiles were torn off. Cracks appeared on a small section of asphalt road.

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Focal mechanism solution of the origin was obtained by GS RAS with signs of initial arrivals of P waves at 40 stations, including 18 stations which registered compression waves (plus signs), and 22 stations which registered tensile waves (minus signs). The stations are located in the interval of epicentral distances 0.4-68º and in azimuth sector Az=9-349º. Focal mechanism solution in stereographic projection on the lower hemisphere and elements of the mechanism are presented in the table. The earthquake was caused by predominantly east-northeast oriented tensile stresses. (AZ=65º). One nodal plane NP1 strikes S-SE (STK=161º), another plane NP2 – strikes N-NW (STK=330º). NP1 plane is dipping more horizontal (DP=32º) if compared with NP2 (DP=58º). The type of motion along NP1 – thrust, along NP2 – reverse fault.

Axes of main strengths			Nodal planes		Center
T	P	N	NP1	NP2	Center
PI: 13 Azm: 65	PI: 76 Azm: 224	PI: 5 Azm: 333	Stk: 161 Dp: 32 Slip: -81	Stk: 330 Dp: 58 Slip: -96	GS RAS Federal research center, Geophysical survey of Russian Academy of Sciences