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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

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Earthquake location 52.35S, 159.9862WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 121 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (75 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 159.9862 East, latitude 52.35 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 03:35:08 / September 21, 2025 @ 3:35 am. The temblor was reported at 03:35:08 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxmq. Unique identifier: us7000qxmq.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and ninety-six 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: 121 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.9862° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.35° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-21 03:35:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-21 04:01:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 354 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.057 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qxmq Id of event.
Event Code 7000qxmq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qxmq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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