A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000r347. Event ids that are associated: us6000r347. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 159.1068 East, latitude 52.7096 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 17:51:03 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 17:51:03 / August 1, 2025 @ 5:51 pm.
Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and four, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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