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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.8756S, 160.8815WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 152 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (94 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:13:56 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000r1gk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1gk. Exact location of event, depth 24.949 km, 160.8815° East, 52.8756° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 03:13:56 / July 30, 2025 @ 3:13 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.949 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 152 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.8815° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.8756° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.949 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 152 km E 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 03:13:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-26 05:17:46 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 465 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.015 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 107 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 us6000r1gk Id of event.
Event Code 6000r1gk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r1gk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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