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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.3225S, 160.198WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 134 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (83 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 11:50:08 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.198 East, latitude 52.3225 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 11:50:08 / August 1, 2025 @ 11:50 am. Unique identifier: us6000qx9w. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qx9w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 134 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.198° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.3225° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 134 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 2025-08-01 11:50:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-01 14:00:11 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 298 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.175 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us6000qx9w Id of event.
Event Code 6000qx9w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qx9w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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