A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.8077 East, latitude 53.1367 North, depth = 53.534 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:35:16 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/25 / 2025-10-31 16:35:16 / October 31, 2025 @ 4:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rkla. Id of event: us6000rkla. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.534 km (33 miles).
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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