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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 52.1891S, 160.6032WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 165 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (103 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:35:47 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 17:35:47 / August 9, 2025 @ 5:35 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000qtj4. Event ids that are associated: us7000qtj4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.6032 East, latitude 52.1891 North, depth = 21.473 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.473 km (13 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and four, in the last 10 days five hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days one thousand, one hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 165 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.6032° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.1891° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.473 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 165 km SE 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 2025-08-09 17:35:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-03 21:38:51 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 271 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.455 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us7000qtj4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qtj4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qtj4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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