A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:16:59 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 91.826 km, 158.5529° East, 52.618° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.826 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/25 / 2025-11-26 18:16:59 / November 26, 2025 @ 6:16 pm. Unique identifier: us7000rdzf. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rdzf.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk. The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 six, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
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