A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:23:23 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rfhx. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfhx. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.942 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 23:23:23 / October 7, 2025 @ 11:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 158.9869° East, latitude 52.4461° North, depth = 69.942 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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