A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:23:43 / 3:23 am (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 68.956 km (43 miles). Event id: us6000r1gj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1gj. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 03:23:43 / July 30, 2025 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 158.9129° East, latitude 52.4679° North, depth = 68.956 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 61 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
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