A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 01:25:57 / October 17, 2025 @ 1:25 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.8579 East, latitude 53.181 North, depth = 63.703 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhpx. Id of event: us6000rhpx. The temblor was picked up at 01:25:57 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.703 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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