A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:26:46 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.939 km (43 miles). Exact location of event, depth 68.939 km, 159.6399° East, 53.228° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 06:26:46 / October 17, 2025 @ 6:26 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhr0. Unique identifier: us6000rhr0.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 70 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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