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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Posted by admin on August 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.6604S, 160.6055WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 140 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (87 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r2f0. Id of event: us6000r2f0. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.152 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 05:31:25 / July 31, 2025 @ 5:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:31:25 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.6055 East, latitude 52.6604 North, depth = 48.152 km.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fifty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 140 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.6055° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.6604° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.152 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 140 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-31 05:31:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-21 05:38:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 482 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.241 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000r2f0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000r2f0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r2f0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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