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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.6854S, 160.265WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 118 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (73 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.38 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:27:01 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qy9q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qy9q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.265 East, latitude 52.6854 North, depth = 39.38 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 04:27:01 / July 21, 2025 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 ninety-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days five hundred and two and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 118 km ESE 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 160.265° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.6854° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 118 km ESE 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 04:27:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-10 11:23:16 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.036 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us6000qy9q Id of event.
Event Code 6000qy9q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qy9q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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