A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Friday. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:34:26 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 160.0266° East, latitude 52.8679° North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 08:34:26 / August 1, 2025 @ 8:34 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qx8k. Unique identifier: us6000qx8k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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 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: 96 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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