Strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake at unknown depth19 Sep 01:23 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 12 minutes.19 Sep 01:23: Epicenter location corrected by 0.6 km (0.4 mi) towards SSE.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 19, 2025 01:11:59 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Sep 19, 2025, at 01:11 pm (GMT +12)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.2Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude53.365°N / 160.712°EKamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode53.365°S / 19.288°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)Nearest volcanoDitmara (96 km / 60 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 11.1°C (52 F), humidity: 67%, wind: 5 m/s (10 kts) from EEstimated seismic energy released4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.2 | about seismic energy12 minutes agoSep 19, 2025 01:11 GMT / Sep 19, 2025 01:11 pm (GMT +12)Lat / Lng: 53.365 / 160.712: Near East Coast of KamchatkaSource: GFZOther sources: RENASS: 5.0 / 10 km, KB-GS-RAS: 5.2 / 24 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22181431',53.36500,160.71200,'12 minutes ago: Mag. 5.2, Near 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 143 km (89 mi) distance west 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(*)RegionCountry143 km (89 mi)W of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia156 km (97 mi)W of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia161 km (100 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia170 km (105 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia201 km (125 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia259 km (161 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia303 km (189 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia313 km (194 mi)NW of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia329 km (204 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia338 km (210 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia353 km (219 mi)SW of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia399 km (248 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia434 km (270 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia505 km (314 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 GMT2025-09-19EpicenterAgency5.2310 km6.2 mi(*)01:11:59.9Near East Coast of KamchatkaGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)5.010 km6.2 mi(*)01:12:05.986near Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy96 km (60 mi) epicenter difference with GFZRENASS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS))5.224 km15 mi01:11:59.269156 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy33 km (20 mi) epicenter difference with GFZKB-GS-RAS (Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences)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 253 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 15.6 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.44 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.3 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 5.7 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 93 quakes per year (or 7.7 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 181 quakes per year (or 15.1 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 227 quakes per year (or 18.9 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 236 quakes per year (or 19.7 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 8 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 15 to 20 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake