A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 159.6077 East, latitude 52.9231 North, depth = 69.344 km. The temblor was reported at 10:11:55 / 10:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000r0yd. Event ids that are associated: us6000r0yd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.344 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 10:11:55 / August 15, 2025 @ 10:11 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 67 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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