A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The temblor was detected at 20:52:06 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 67.112 km (42 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qxy7. Id of event: us6000qxy7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/08/25 / 2025-08-03 20:52:06 / August 3, 2025 @ 8:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 159.2692° East, 52.7433° North, depth 67.112 km.
Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 56 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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