A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:12:20 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 159.9725° East, 53.2665° North, depth 56.812 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/25 / 2025-09-15 01:12:20 / September 15, 2025 @ 1:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.812 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000qw8b. Event ids that are associated: us7000qw8b.
Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 92 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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