A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia. The temblor was detected at 06:59:47 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000qwv0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qwv0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 06:59:47 / July 31, 2025 @ 6:59 am. Exact location of event, depth 78.377 km, 158.8071° East, 52.6423° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 78.377 km (49 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 42 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.

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