A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:17:53 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000qzhl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qzhl. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.101 km (42 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 158.9413° East, 52.3544° North, depth 68.101 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 15:17:53 / August 9, 2025 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk. Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
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 ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
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