Major earthquake 7 mag, 142 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

A major earthquake magnitude 7 (ml/mb) strikes 142 kilometers (88 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.2 km (29 miles). Exact location, longitude 160.611° East, latitude 52.621° North, depth = 46.2 km. Id of earthquake: pt25201000. Event ids that are associated: pt25201000. The temblor was picked up at 06:28:19 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 06:28:19 / July 20, 2025 @ 6:28 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 140 km (87 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 142 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	160.611° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.621° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	46.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	142 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 06:28:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-20 06:35:52	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	754	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	143.99998848	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	pt25201000	Id of event.
Event Code	25201000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25201000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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