A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.6819 East, latitude 53.2112 North, depth = 79.935 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 05:25:56 / October 9, 2025 @ 5:25 am. The temblor was reported at 05:25:56 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkds. Unique identifier: us6000rkds. The epicenter was at a depth of 79.935 km (50 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vilyuchinsk, Yelizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days sixty-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fifty-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 quakes in the world.
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