A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Unique identifier: us6000reyf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000reyf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.401 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.7786 East, latitude 53.3029 North, depth = 65.401 km. The temblor was reported at 12:57:11 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 12:57:11 / October 5, 2025 @ 12:57 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 81 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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