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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 53.3383S, 161.6162WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 202 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (126 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 04:18:37 / October 20, 2025 @ 4:18 am. Event id: us6000ri90. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ri90. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 161.6162° East, latitude 53.3383° North, depth = 24.854 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:18:37 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.854 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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. 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: 202 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.6162° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.3383° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.854 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 202 km E 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 2025-10-20 04:18:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-20 04:34:35 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 354 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.813 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000ri90 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ri90 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ri90, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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