Strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake at unknown depth21 Sep 01:23 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 10 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 21, 2025 01:13:36 UTC - Local time at epicenterSunday, Sep 21, 2025, at 01:13 am (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.7Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.972°N / 160.968°EKamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode52.972°S / 19.032°WShaking intensityVI Strong shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoDitmara (138 km / 86 mi)Estimated seismic energy released2.2 x 1013 joules (6.22 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5351 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.7 | about seismic energy10 minutes agoSep 21, 2025 01:13 GMT / Sep 21, 2025 01:13 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 52.972 / 160.968: Russia: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.6 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22187249',52.97200,160.96800,'10 minutes ago: Mag. 5.7, Russia: 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 Kamchatka 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 157 km (97 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced light shaking there.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry157 km (97 mi)W of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia172 km (107 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia175 km (108 mi)W of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia182 km (113 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia246 km (153 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia305 km (190 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia346 km (215 mi)SW of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia349 km (217 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia360 km (223 mi)NW of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia372 km (231 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia375 km (233 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia411 km (255 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia420 km (261 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)III: WeakSakhalin OblastRussia552 km (343 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 GMT2025-09-21EpicenterAgency5.710 km6.2 mi(*)01:13:36.13OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.6910 km6.2 mi(*)01:13:36.13Off East Coast of Kamchatka0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)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 305 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.07 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 13.9 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.55 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.8 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 9.7 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 129 quakes per year (or 10.7 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 226 quakes per year (or 18.9 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 273 quakes per year (or 22.7 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 283 quakes per year (or 23.6 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