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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 159 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia


Earthquake location 52.0057S, 160.2102WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 159 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (99 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.2102 East, latitude 52.0057 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 03:39:44 / August 1, 2025 @ 3:39 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qx72. Id of event: us6000qx72. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:39:44 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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. 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: 159 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.2102° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0057° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 159 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 03:39:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-01 03:59:26 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 432 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 90 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.396 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000qx72 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qx72 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qx72, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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