A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Exact location, longitude 159.8991° East, latitude 53.2156° North, depth = 56.127 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.127 km (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 02:22:03 / September 20, 2025 @ 2:22 am. The temblor was detected at 02:22:03 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rgvr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgvr.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 86 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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