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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia


Earthquake location 53.3909S, 159.9742WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/25 / 2025-11-08 05:22:13 / November 8, 2025 @ 5:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.343 km (38 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000re6t. Unique identifier: us7000re6t. Exact location of event, depth 61.343 km, 159.9742° East, 53.3909° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:22:13 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 97 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.9742° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.3909° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.343 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 97 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 2025-11-08 05:22:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-30 09:56:46 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 312 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.396 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us7000re6t Id of event.
Event Code 7000re6t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000re6t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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