A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 07:37:47 / July 20, 2025 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:37:47 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.659 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 159.867 East, latitude 52.5829 North, depth = 12.659 km. Id of earthquake: us6000qxft. Event ids that are associated: us6000qxft.
Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and thirty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 99 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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