A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location, longitude 160.0287° East, latitude 53.2313° North, depth = 53.535 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.535 km (33 miles). 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: 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 09:17:01 / September 19, 2025 @ 9:17 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:17:01 / 9:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qx93. Id of event: us7000qx93.
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 95 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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