A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.989 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.8208 East, latitude 52.8103 North, depth = 46.989 km. Unique identifier: us6000qxlm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qxlm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:34:51 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 07:34:51 / August 2, 2025 @ 7:34 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 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: 85 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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