A 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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