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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Posted by admin on October 13, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.8721S, 160.8301WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 149 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (93 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/25 / 2025-09-18 20:53:25 / September 18, 2025 @ 8:53 pm. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:53:25 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.8301 East, latitude 52.8721 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rg8z. Id of event: us6000rg8z.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and four, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 149 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.8301° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.8721° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 149 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-18 20:53:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-13 15:59:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 416 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.328 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rg8z Id of event.
Event Code 6000rg8z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rg8z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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