A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.347 km (34 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 17:38:31 / September 19, 2025 @ 5:38 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.9233 East, latitude 53.1132 North, depth = 55.347 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:38:31 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000qxek. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxek. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days ninety-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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