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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 163 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia


Earthquake location 53.112S, 161.0612WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 163 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (101 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000qya2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qya2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.877 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 02:12:20 / July 21, 2025 @ 2:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.0612 East, latitude 53.112 North, depth = 27.877 km. The temblor was reported at 02:12:20 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fifty-two, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 163 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.0612° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.112° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.877 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 163 km E 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 02:12:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-08 12:59:24 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 271 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.458 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us6000qya2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qya2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qya2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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