A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.936 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 159.7327° East, 53.1487° North, depth 63.936 km. The temblor was reported at 22:43:15 / 10:43 pm (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: 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 22:43:15 / October 20, 2025 @ 10:43 pm. Event id: us6000rid3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rid3.

Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 74 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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