A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Monday. The temblor was detected at 12:55:53 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 78.185 km (49 miles). Exact location, longitude 159.1742° East, latitude 52.9814° North, depth = 78.185 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 12:55:53 / July 21, 2025 @ 12:55 pm. Event id: us6000qybu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qybu.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 37 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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