A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.389 km (44 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:14:51 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 18:14:51 / December 6, 2025 @ 6:14 pm. Unique identifier: us6000rsxn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rsxn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.6408 East, latitude 53.3426 North, depth = 71.389 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 74 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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