A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000r0y5. Event ids that are associated: us6000r0y5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.805 km (9 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:30:03 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14.805 km, 159.7077° East, 52.4625° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 23:30:03 / July 29, 2025 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Close country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and five, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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