A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.108 km (43 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 159.4689 East, latitude 53.053 North, depth = 69.108 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rdjn. Event ids that are associated: us6000rdjn. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:46:42 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/25 / 2025-09-29 08:46:42 / September 29, 2025 @ 8:46 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 56 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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