Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 98 km west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, on Monday, Apr 4, 2022 at 2:46 am (GMT +12) -

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 290 km depth

3 Apr 20:46 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Apr 3, 2022 14:46:40 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Monday, Apr 4, 2022 at 2:46 am (GMT +12)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4
Depth	290.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	52.92°N / 157.19°E (Kamchatka, Russia)
Antipode	52.92°S / 22.81°W
Shaking intensity	Not felt
Felt
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Bolshe-Bannaya (40 km / 25 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	72 km (45 mi) W of Paratunka (pop: 1,770) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 81 km (51 mi) W of Vilyuchinsk (Yelizovsky District) (pop: 25,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) WSW of Yelizovo (pop: 40,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) W of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop: 187,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 165 km (103 mi) NNE of Ozernovskiy (pop: 2,620) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 219 km (136 mi) SSW of Mil'kovo (Milkovsky District) (pop: 8,250) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 260 km (162 mi) NNE of Severo-Kuril'sk (Sakhalin Oblast) (pop: 2,420) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	6.3 x 10¹⁰ joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.0	290 km	KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA	EMSC

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