Strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 40 km depth6 Oct 17:34 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 12 minutes.6 Oct 17:35: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.00 to 40.00 km (from 6.2 to 25 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 17 km (10.7 mi) towards WNW.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeOct 6, 2025 17:22:48 UTC - Local time at epicenterMonday, Oct 6, 2025, at 05:22 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.1Depth40 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.4834°N / 159.9271°ERussiaSeismic antipode52.4834°S / 20.073°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoUnnamed 52.92°N/158.52°E (107 km / 66 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeLight Rain 7°C (45 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from NEEstimated seismic energy released2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.1 | about seismic energy12 minutes agoOct 6, 2025 17:22 GMT / Oct 6, 2025 05:22 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 52.4834 / 159.9271: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.3 / 10 km, RaspberryShake: 5.3 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22246411',52.48340,159.92710,'12 minutes ago: Mag. 5.1, Off East Coast of Kamchatka',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 109 km (68 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(*)RegionCountry109 km (68 mi)NW of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia114 km (71 mi)NW of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia124 km (77 mi)NW of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia130 km (81 mi)NW of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia259 km (161 mi)SW of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia261 km (162 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia331 km (206 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia348 km (216 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia391 km (243 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia397 km (246 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia431 km (268 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia448 km (278 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia499 km (310 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia592 km (368 mi)N of epicenterTigil'(pop: 1,990)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 GMT2025-10-6EpicenterAgency5.140 km25 mi17:22:48.57OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.3110 km6.2 mi(*)17:22:43.84Off East Coast of Kamchatka17 km (10.7 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)5.310 km6.2 mi(*)17:22:43Off East Coast of Kamchatka18 km (10.9 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy.Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 376 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.08 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 12.5 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.68 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.5 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 13.4 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 170 quakes per year (or 14.2 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 278 quakes per year (or 23.2 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 334 quakes per year (or 27.8 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 342 quakes per year (or 28.5 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 2 quakes above magnitude 8 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 60 to 65 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake