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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.5243S, 160.6988WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 152 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (94 miles). Unique identifier: us6000qyf1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qyf1. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 21:45:43 / August 5, 2025 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:45:43 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.6988 East, latitude 52.5243 North, depth = 10 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 152 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.6988° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.5243° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 152 km ESE 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 2025-08-05 21:45:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-05 22:01:53 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 416 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.341 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 200 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 us6000qyf1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qyf1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qyf1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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