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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.8634S, 159.3902WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The epicenter was at a depth of 70.228 km (44 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:25:24 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pxv6. Event ids that are associated: us7000pxv6. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 00:25:24 / May 8, 2025 @ 12:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 159.3902° East, latitude 52.8634° North, depth = 70.228 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.3902° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.8634° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.228 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-08 00:25:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-21 03:33:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.476 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pxv6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pxv6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pxv6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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