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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 139 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia


Earthquake location 52.5535S, 160.5109WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 139 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (86 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 160.5109 East, latitude 52.5535 North, depth = 31.366 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.366 km (19 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:34:32 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/25 / 2025-09-18 22:34:32 / September 18, 2025 @ 10:34 pm. Unique identifier: us7000qx54. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qx54.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and thirty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and fourty-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. 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: 139 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.5109° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.5535° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.366 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 139 km ESE 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 22:34:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-17 04:27:59 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 312 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.224 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us7000qx54 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qx54 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qx54, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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