A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location of event, longitude 159.4793 East, latitude 52.8389 North, depth = 81.955 km. The temblor was reported at 18:45:50 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rc42. Id of event: us6000rc42. The epicenter was at a depth of 81.955 km (51 miles). Global time and date of event 27/08/25 / 2025-08-27 18:45:50 / August 27, 2025 @ 6:45 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 73 km (45 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 one hundred and fourty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 62 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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