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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.2469S, 160.4026WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 150 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (93 miles) on Monday. The temblor was detected at 13:22:42 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 33.178 km, 160.4026° East, 52.2469° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.178 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000qe9u. Event ids that are associated: us7000qe9u. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 13:22:42 / July 21, 2025 @ 1:22 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and twenty-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 150 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.4026° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2469° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.178 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 150 km SE 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 2025-07-21 13:22:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-06 14:15:13 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 259 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.321 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us7000qe9u Id of event.
Event Code 7000qe9u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qe9u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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