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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 53.0026S, 159.6915WA 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 71 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.6915° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.0026° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.905 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 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 16:43:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-28 13:07:05 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 298 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.207 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us6000r1et Id of event.
Event Code 6000r1et An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r1et, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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