A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 17:42:21 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 159.6643° East, latitude 52.6952° North, depth = 82.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000r19f. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r19f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.85 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 17:42:21 / July 30, 2025 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and eighty-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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