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Major earthquake, 7.5 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Posted by admin on July 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.5S, 160.7WA major earthquake magnitude 7.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 153 kilometers (95 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77 km (48 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 160.7° East, 52.5° North, depth 77 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 06:49:06 / July 20, 2025 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: at00szoqxu. Event ids that are associated: at00szoqxu, pt25201001. 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 picked up at 06:49:06 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 151 km (94 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 153 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.7° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.5° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153 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 2025-07-20 06:49:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-20 07:02:49 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 865 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 300 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25.199997984 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00szoqxu Id of event.
Event Code 00szoqxu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00szoqxu,pt25201001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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