A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Global time and date of event 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 17:09:21 / September 20, 2025 @ 5:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 159.7791° East, 53.1156° North, depth 64.946 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxl0. Id of event: us7000qxl0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.946 km (40 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:09:21 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eighty-five 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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