A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzh1. Unique identifier: us6000qzh1. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 12:48:24 / August 9, 2025 @ 12:48 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.264 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 159.7957 East, latitude 53.2249 North, depth = 60.264 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:48:24 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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