A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 02:47:49 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000qxi6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxi6. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.218 km (41 miles). Global time and date of event 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 02:47:49 / September 20, 2025 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 159.7444° East, 53.051° North, depth 66.218 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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