A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Saturday. Event id: us7000pyuv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyuv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.91 km (52 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 04:31:19 / April 26, 2025 @ 4:31 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 159.412° East, latitude 53.1251° North, depth = 83.91 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:31:19 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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