A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:20:51 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rj89. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rj89. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 08:20:51 / October 5, 2025 @ 8:20 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.409 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 159.9288° East, latitude 53.2545° North, depth = 55.409 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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.
How would you describe the shaking?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply