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M4.7 earthquake near Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka

3440 d ago · 17 May 2017, 10:28 UTC 142 km SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

What happened

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 142 km SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 17 May 2017, 10:28 UTC at a depth of 54 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Light. Widely felt nearby; objects may shake or fall. Significant damage is unusual. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Vilyuchinsk, about 142 km away in Kamchatka, Russia.

Timeline

  1. First reported by USGS

    17 Oct 2026, 08:37 UTC

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