A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location, longitude 159.7193° East, latitude 53.1217° North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:15:36 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 12:15:36 / August 1, 2025 @ 12:15 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000qx9x. Event ids that are associated: us6000qx9x. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 73 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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