A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.314 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rfp5. Id of event: us6000rfp5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 159.7713 East, latitude 53.1995 North, depth = 65.314 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:26:43 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 19:26:43 / October 8, 2025 @ 7:26 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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: 78 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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