A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.525 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 159.9611° East, 53.1178° North, depth 60.525 km. 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: us6000rnj9. Unique identifier: us6000rnj9. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:57:07 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/25 / 2025-11-16 02:57:07 / November 16, 2025 @ 2:57 am.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty-two 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. 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: 89 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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