A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Paratunka in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000r12n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r12n. The temblor was reported at 00:34:44 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 00:34:44 / July 30, 2025 @ 12:34 am. Exact location, longitude 157.867° East, latitude 52.6132° North, depth = 35 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk. Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 51 km (31 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 fourty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 46 km SW of Paratunka, Russia.
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