Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 07:20:18 / July 20, 2025 @ 7:20 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:20:18 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.102 km (49 miles). Event id: us6000qxfp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qxfp. Exact location of earthquake, 159.6852° East, 53.2939° North, depth 79.102 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Every 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 one hundred and seventy-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.6852° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	53.2939° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	79.102 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	75 km ENE 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	2025-07-20 07:20:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-03 12:53:59	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	354	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	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.68	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115	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	us6000qxfp	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qxfp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qxfp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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