A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:36:15 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 159.379° East, 52.52° North, depth 52.919 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 06:36:15 / July 31, 2025 @ 6:36 am. Unique identifier: us6000qwur. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qwur. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.919 km (33 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 78 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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