A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 04:59:17 / August 19, 2025 @ 4:59 am. Id of earthquake: us7000qvpv. Event ids that are associated: us7000qvpv. Exact location, longitude 159.3735° East, latitude 52.9149° North, depth = 58.479 km. The temblor was detected at 04:59:17 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.479 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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