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Major earthquake, 7.8 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Posted by admin on September 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 53.168S, 160.5322WA major earthquake magnitude 7.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 128 kilometers (80 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:58:12 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000qx2g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00t2ssp5, us7000qx2g, pt25261001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.5322 East, latitude 53.168 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/25 / 2025-09-18 18:58:12 / September 18, 2025 @ 6:58 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 126 km (78 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 143 km (89 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 145 km (90 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 128 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.5322° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.168° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 128 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-18 18:58:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-18 19:17:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 936 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,us,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 191 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.144 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qx2g Id of event.
Event Code 7000qx2g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00t2ssp5,us7000qx2g,pt25261001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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