A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us6000qynf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qynf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 159.4719 East, latitude 52.6988 North, depth = 58.706 km. Global time and date of event 06/08/25 / 2025-08-06 17:04:57 / August 6, 2025 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.706 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:04:57 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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