A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pyr9. Id of event: us6000pyr9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.136 km (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 159.5285° East, 52.7557° North, depth 64.136 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:11:10 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/03/25 / 2025-03-14 04:11:10 / March 14, 2025 @ 4:11 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 69 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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