Urgent: 5.6-magnitude quake hits 147 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia -- USGS-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.6-magnitude quake hits 147 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia -- USGS

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-07-31 07:51:45

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 147 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia at 2315 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 52.47 degrees north latitude and 160.59 degrees east longitude.