A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Vilyuchinsk in Russia. The epicenter was at a depth of 80.02 km (50 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 158.8148 East, latitude 52.7973 North, depth = 80.02 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 11:26:55 / July 31, 2025 @ 11:26 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r2k2. Id of event: us6000r2k2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:26:55 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (18 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km ESE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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