A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.048 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 21:59:03 / July 30, 2025 @ 9:59 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000r1bf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1bf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.6834 East, latitude 52.8552 North, depth = 58.048 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:59:03 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fifty-nine, in the last 10 days six hundred and three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fourty-three 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 quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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