A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 125 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (78 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qx4c. Unique identifier: us7000qx4c. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 160.4937° East, 53.1906° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/25 / 2025-09-18 20:59:06 / September 18, 2025 @ 8:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:59:06 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 125 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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