Major earthquake, 7.4 mag strikes near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

A major earthquake magnitude 7.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 144 kilometers (89 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00szoqxu, us7000qdyl, pt25201001. Id of event: us7000qdyl. Exact location of event, longitude 160.7593 East, latitude 52.8991 North, depth = 19.954 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 06:49:02 / July 20, 2025 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:49:02 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.954 km (12 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Earthquake epicenter was 142 km (88 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 144 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	160.7593° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.8991° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.954 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	144 km E 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	2025-07-20 06:49:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-20 07:05:08	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	1	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	842	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	,at,us,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	133	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.282	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000qdyl	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qdyl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00szoqxu,us7000qdyl,pt25201001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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