A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 08:17:27 / September 21, 2025 @ 8:17 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:17:27 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxnu. Id of event: us7000qxnu. Exact location, longitude 159.7822° East, latitude 53.1379° North, depth = 60.694 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.694 km (38 miles).
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 77 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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