A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia. Exact location of event, longitude 158.8247 East, latitude 52.2041 North, depth = 54.022 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qxpb. Unique identifier: us6000qxpb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.022 km (34 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:51:59 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 17:51:59 / August 2, 2025 @ 5:51 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 85 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
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