Strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake at 28 km depth19 Sep 00:58 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.19 Sep 00:58: Magnitude recalculated from 5.5 to 5.6.19 Sep 00:59: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 19, 2025 00:48:33 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Sep 19, 2025, at 12:48 am (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.5Depth28 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.6322°N / 160.5022°EKamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode52.6322°S / 19.498°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoAvachinsky (132 km / 82 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 11.3°C (52 F), humidity: 68%, wind: 6 m/s (11 kts) from EEstimated seismic energy released1.1 x 1013 joules (3.12 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2682 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.5 | about seismic energy11 minutes agoSep 19, 2025 00:48 GMT / Sep 19, 2025 12:48 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 52.6322 / 160.5022: Russia: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: RENASS: 5.5 / 63 km, GFZ: 5.6 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22181362',52.63220,160.50220,'11 minutes ago: Mag. 5.5, 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 135 km (84 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(*)RegionCountry135 km (84 mi)W of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia145 km (90 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia155 km (96 mi)NW of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia155 km (97 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia261 km (162 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia301 km (187 mi)SW of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia336 km (209 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia372 km (231 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)III: WeakSakhalin OblastRussia382 km (238 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia385 km (239 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia411 km (255 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia420 km (261 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia459 km (285 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia582 km (362 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 GMT2025-09-19EpicenterAgency5.528 km17 mi00:48:33.14OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.5463 km39 mi00:48:37.204near Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy6.5 km (4.1 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRENASS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS))5.610 km6.2 mi(*)00:48:30.87Off East Coast of Kamchatka10.9 km (6.8 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 321 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.05 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 20.8 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.61 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.6 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 10.6 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 137 quakes per year (or 11.4 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 234 quakes per year (or 19.5 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 285 quakes per year (or 23.8 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 292 quakes per year (or 24.4 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