A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.905 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.6915 East, latitude 53.0026 North, depth = 39.905 km. Global time and date of event 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 16:43:31 / July 30, 2025 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:43:31 / 4:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1et. Id of event: us6000r1et.
The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days seven hundred and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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