A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.86 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.7283 East, latitude 52.9339 North, depth = 66.86 km. 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: 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 18:17:16 / September 19, 2025 @ 6:17 pm. Unique identifier: us6000rgcx. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgcx. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:17:16 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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