A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 03:26:33 / August 22, 2025 @ 3:26 am. Exact location of event, depth 70.819 km, 159.2372° East, 52.2847° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70.819 km (44 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:26:33 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000qwqb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qwqb.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days nine hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 91 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
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