A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The temblor was detected at 20:57:47 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 159.2085 East, latitude 52.6496 North, depth = 62.041 km. Unique identifier: us7000qwst. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwst. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/25 / 2025-09-17 20:57:47 / September 17, 2025 @ 8:57 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62.041 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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