Strong earthquake: M6.7 quake has struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

A earthquake with magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 130 kilometers (81 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location of event, longitude 160.575 East, latitude 52.9934 North, depth = 14.972 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.972 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:28:16 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000qdye. Event ids that are associated: us7000qdye, pt25201000, at00szopz9. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 06:28:16 / July 20, 2025 @ 6:28 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 130 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	160.575° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.9934° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.972 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	130 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 06:28:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-20 06:46:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	691	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,pt,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	135	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.164	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 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	us7000qdye	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qdye	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qdye,pt25201000,at00szopz9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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