Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qu4l. Id of event: us7000qu4l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.265 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 23:39:03 / August 11, 2025 @ 11:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 159.7145° East, 52.9381° North, depth 58.265 km. The temblor was detected at 23:39:03 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.7145° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.9381° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	58.265 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74 km ESE 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	2025-08-11 23:39:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-08 00:26:10	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	284	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.649	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	118	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	us7000qu4l	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qu4l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qu4l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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