A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 138 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (86 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:37:09 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 160.2762° East, 52.3309° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwzz. Unique identifier: us7000qwzz. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/25 / 2025-08-24 05:37:09 / August 24, 2025 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days one thousand and fourty and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 138 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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