Strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake at 19 km depth5 Aug 21:06 UTC: First to report: KB-GS-RAS after 9 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeAug 5, 2025 20:56:58 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Aug 6, 2025, at 08:56 am (Asia/Kamchatka GMT +12)Statusunconfirmed (uncertain whether an earthquake with these data happened)Magnitude5.3Depth18.7 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.1133°N / 160.573°ERussiaSeismic antipode52.1133°S / 19.427°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceKB-GS-RAS (Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences)Nearest volcanoUnnamed 52.92°N/158.52°E (165 km / 103 mi)Estimated seismic energy released5.6 x 1012 joules (1.56 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1344 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.3 | about seismic energy10 minutes agoAug 5, 2025 20:56 GMT / Aug 6, 2025 08:56 am (Kamchatka time)Lat / Lng: 52.1133 / 160.573: Russia: 164 km From Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiySource: KB-GS-RASDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22026496',52.11330,160.57300,'10 minutes ago: Mag. 5.3, Russia: 164 km From Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy',html,'quakes-7-24.png',30,30,15,15,126]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in KamchatkaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, a city with more than 180,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 169 km (105 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry169 km (105 mi)NW of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia173 km (107 mi)NW of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia183 km (114 mi)NW of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia190 km (118 mi)NW of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia288 km (179 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia315 km (196 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia348 km (216 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia393 km (244 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia440 km (273 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia441 km (274 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia468 km (291 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia474 km (295 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia495 km (308 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussiaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Compare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2025-08-5EpicenterAgency5.319 km12 mi20:56:58.875164 km from Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiyKB-GS-RAS (Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 216 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 41.7 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.51 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.9 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 5.8 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 75 quakes per year (or 6.2 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 152 quakes per year (or 12.6 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 191 quakes per year (or 15.9 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 197 quakes per year (or 16.5 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 4 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 30 to 35 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake