A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 155 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (96 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: usd00144g7. Event ids that are associated: usd00144g7. Exact location of event, longitude 160.9207 East, latitude 52.8725 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:03:57 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/25 / 2025-12-05 12:03:57 / December 5, 2025 @ 12:03 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 155 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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