A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The temblor was reported at 13:18:34 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000rfie. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rfie. Exact location, longitude 159.5739° East, latitude 53.0333° North, depth = 59.225 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.225 km (37 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 time and date of event 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 13:18:34 / December 4, 2025 @ 1:18 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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