A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 23:30:44 / July 29, 2025 @ 11:30 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.73 km (15 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:30:44 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0xw. Id of event: us6000r0xw. Exact location of event, longitude 159.6078 East, latitude 52.6749 North, depth = 24.73 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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 ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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