A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Friday. The temblor was detected at 11:47:00 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkk3. Unique identifier: us6000rkk3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/25 / 2025-10-31 11:47:00 / October 31, 2025 @ 11:47 am. Exact location of event, depth 96.942 km, 159.0802° East, 52.8331° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 96.942 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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