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Light earthquake 4 mag, 167 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia


Earthquake location 53.2505S, 161.1095WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 167 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (104 miles). Global time and date of event 26/07/25 / 2025-07-26 21:35:23 / July 26, 2025 @ 9:35 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:35:23 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 161.1095° East, latitude 53.2505° North, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us6000qz3n. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qz3n.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 167 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.1095° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.2505° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 167 km E 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 2025-07-26 21:35:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-18 01:20:36 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 246 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.499 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us6000qz3n Id of event.
Event Code 6000qz3n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qz3n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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