A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 01:42:15 / August 12, 2025 @ 1:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 159.6022° East, latitude 52.9034° North, depth = 69.416 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.416 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:42:15 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000r008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r008.
Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
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 three, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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