A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 159.1202° East, latitude 52.812° North, depth = 71.267 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:39:37 / 6:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.267 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfnu. Unique identifier: us6000rfnu. 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: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 18:39:37 / October 8, 2025 @ 6:39 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 43 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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