A major earthquake magnitude 7.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: pt25256000. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25256000. A tsunami warning has been issued near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 7.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:37:52 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.417 East, latitude 53.036 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/09/25 / 2025-09-13 02:37:52 / September 13, 2025 @ 2:37 am.
Event epicenter was 118 km (73 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 137 km (85 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 135 km (84 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close 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 15 major earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days nine hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.
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