A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.211 km (52 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 159.2043° East, 53.1865° North, depth 84.211 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 17:17:15 / May 12, 2025 @ 5:17 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:17:15 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pyvu. Unique identifier: us7000pyvu.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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