A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.212 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:40:32 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 69.212 km, 159.6022° East, 52.4388° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000riwa. Unique identifier: us6000riwa. Global time and date of event 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 12:40:32 / October 1, 2025 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 95 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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