A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Global time and date of event 29/08/25 / 2025-08-29 23:48:30 / August 29, 2025 @ 11:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qsfj. Unique identifier: us7000qsfj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.606 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:48:30 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 159.9085 East, latitude 53.2496 North, depth = 79.606 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 88 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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