A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location, longitude 159.9229° East, latitude 53.1782° North, depth = 50.727 km. Event id: us6000rhas. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhas. Global time and date of event 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 02:27:25 / September 22, 2025 @ 2:27 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.727 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:27:25 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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