A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 159.4113 East, latitude 53.3263 North, depth = 77.507 km. Event id: us6000r1g1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1g1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.507 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 20:00:52 / July 30, 2025 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:00:52 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 59 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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