Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 196 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (122 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/25 / 2025-10-06 17:57:25 / October 6, 2025 @ 5:57 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000rk09. Event ids that are associated: us6000rk09. Exact location of earthquake, 161.082° East, 52.1153° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:57:25 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 196 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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