Strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 48 km depth19 Sep 00:36 UTC: First to report: KB-GS-RAS after 11 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 19, 2025 00:25:13 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Sep 19, 2025, at 12:25 pm (Asia/Kamchatka GMT +12)Statusunconfirmed (uncertain whether an earthquake with these data happened)Magnitude5.6Depth48 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.8513°N / 160.1134°EYelizovsky District, Kamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode52.8513°S / 19.887°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceKB-GS-RAS (Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences)Nearest volcanoAvachinsky (97 km / 60 mi)Estimated seismic energy released1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.6 | about seismic energy11 minutes agoSep 19, 2025 00:25 GMT / Sep 19, 2025 12:25 pm (Kamchatka time)Lat / Lng: 52.8513 / 160.1134: Russia: 100 km From Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiySource: KB-GS-RASDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22181313',52.85130,160.11340,'11 minutes ago: Mag. 5.6, Russia: 100 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 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 102 km (64 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(*)RegionCountry102 km (64 mi)W of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia115 km (71 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia122 km (76 mi)W of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia125 km (78 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia227 km (141 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia289 km (179 mi)SW of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia308 km (191 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia354 km (220 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia356 km (221 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia366 km (228 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)III: WeakSakhalin OblastRussia389 km (242 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia405 km (252 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia464 km (289 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia553 km (344 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 GMT2025-09-19EpicenterAgency5.648 km30 mi00:25:13.164100 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 338 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 17.9 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.6 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.7 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 10.3 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 134 quakes per year (or 11.2 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 238 quakes per year (or 19.9 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 293 quakes per year (or 24.5 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 304 quakes per year (or 25.3 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