A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Unique identifier: us7000pxuu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pxuu. The temblor was reported at 00:16:54 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 00:16:54 / May 8, 2025 @ 12:16 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.873 km (43 miles). Exact location of event, depth 68.873 km, 159.3881° East, 52.9028° North.
Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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