A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 19:49:39 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r2kl. Id of event: us6000r2kl. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.6 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.3094 East, latitude 52.7379 North, depth = 65.6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 19:49:39 / August 20, 2025 @ 7:49 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 58 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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