A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location of event, longitude 160.0384 East, latitude 53.1649 North, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/25 / 2025-09-15 00:06:35 / September 15, 2025 @ 12:06 am. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:06:35 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000qw84. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qw84.
The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days eight hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 95 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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