A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy in Russia. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 162.373° East, 56.3735° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:49:34 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/25 / 2025-08-03 04:49:34 / August 3, 2025 @ 4:49 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qr22. Id of event: us7000qr22.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klyuchi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Klyuchi (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km NNW of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia.
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