A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 229 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (142 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 13:59:59 / August 12, 2025 @ 1:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 13:59:59 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.6764 East, latitude 52.1711 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qu68. Id of event: us7000qu68. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 229 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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