A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 160 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (99 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 160.6253° East, 52.2804° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rm3t. Event ids that are associated: us6000rm3t. The temblor was picked up at 01:17:21 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/25 / 2025-10-18 01:17:21 / October 18, 2025 @ 1:17 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days four hundred and one and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 160 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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