A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location of event, depth 58.26 km, 159.7531° East, 52.9592° North. The temblor was picked up at 17:25:19 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000r2jf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r2jf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 17:25:19 / August 20, 2025 @ 5:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.26 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
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-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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