A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location of event, depth 57.941 km, 159.5711° East, 52.8141° North. Id of earthquake: us6000r19w. Event ids that are associated: us6000r19w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.941 km (36 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:43:24 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 18:43:24 / July 30, 2025 @ 6:43 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fifty-one, in the last 10 days four hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days six hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 69 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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