A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.477 km (51 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:05:52 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 19:05:52 / August 9, 2025 @ 7:05 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000qzie. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzie. Exact location, longitude 159.2365° East, latitude 52.6604° North, depth = 81.477 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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