A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 14:38:21 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000re6u. Id of event: us6000re6u. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.101 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.9148 East, latitude 53.2181 North, depth = 63.101 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/10/25 / 2025-10-02 14:38:21 / October 2, 2025 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty-six 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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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: 87 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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