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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 116 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia


Earthquake location 52.4931S, 160.0665WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 116 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.0665 East, latitude 52.4931 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qufs. Id of event: us6000qufs. Global time and date of event 23/07/25 / 2025-07-23 20:01:27 / July 23, 2025 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:01:27 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 116 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.0665° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.4931° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116 km SE 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 2025-07-23 20:01:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-23 20:20:43 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 0 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 416 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 129 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.012 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qufs Id of event.
Event Code 6000qufs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qufs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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