A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.728 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 159.0904 East, latitude 52.6507 North, depth = 72.728 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 15:32:50 / August 5, 2025 @ 3:32 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000qycr. Event ids that are associated: us6000qycr. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:32:50 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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