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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.6654S, 159.2701WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.981 km (27 miles). Unique identifier: us6000r1ft. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1ft. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:23:19 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 159.2701° East, latitude 52.6654° North, depth = 43.981 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 00:23:19 / July 30, 2025 @ 12:23 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and seventy-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-four, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-four 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. 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: 61 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.2701° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.6654° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.981 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km SE 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 2025-07-30 00:23:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-24 21:04:59 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 354 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.52 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 226 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 us6000r1ft Id of event.
Event Code 6000r1ft An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r1ft, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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