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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 94 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Posted by admin on November 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 53.2921S, 159.9945WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 94 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (58 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 11:25:02 / October 17, 2025 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.698 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.9945 East, latitude 53.2921 North, depth = 49.698 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:25:02 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rlyc. Id of event: us6000rlyc.

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 thirty-five, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 94 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.9945° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.2921° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.698 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94 km ENE 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 2025-10-17 11:25:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-11 15:12:22 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 271 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.853 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us6000rlyc Id of event.
Event Code 6000rlyc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rlyc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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