A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.5146 East, latitude 52.7107 North, depth = 63.772 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:30:44 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.772 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000r1gp. Event ids that are associated: us6000r1gp. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 03:30:44 / July 30, 2025 @ 3:30 am.
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 earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 93 km (58 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 three hundred and seventeen, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 71 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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