A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 219 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (136 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 14:37:17 / August 5, 2025 @ 2:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qrph. Event ids that are associated: us7000qrph. Exact location, longitude 160.8177° East, latitude 51.6201° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:37:17 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-four, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days eight hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 219 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
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