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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Posted by admin on August 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 53.665S, 160.4312WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 137 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (85 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.734 km (27 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0xt. Id of event: us6000r0xt. Exact location of event, depth 42.734 km, 160.4312° East, 53.665° North. The temblor was detected at 23:31:25 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 23:31:25 / July 29, 2025 @ 11:31 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 137 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.4312° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.665° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.734 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 137 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-29 23:31:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-17 21:34:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 536 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.247 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000r0xt Id of event.
Event Code 6000r0xt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r0xt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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