Strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 28 km depth22 Jul 12:31 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.22 Jul 12:31: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJul 22, 2025 12:21:06 UTC - Local time at epicenterTuesday, Jul 22, 2025, at 11:21 pm (GMT +11)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.2Depth28 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.518°N / 160.4206°EKamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode52.518°S / 19.579°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoAvachinsky (135 km / 84 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 10.8°C (51 F), humidity: 96%, wind: 11 m/s (21 kts) from SSWEstimated 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 energy11 minutes agoJul 22, 2025 12:21 GMT / Jul 22, 2025 11:21 pm (GMT +11)Lat / Lng: 52.518 / 160.4206: Russia: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.3 / 10 km, RaspberryShake: 5.3 / 10 km, 1 more...Detail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-21982076',52.51800,160.42060,'11 minutes ago: Mag. 5.2, 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 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(*)RegionCountry135 km (84 mi)NW of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia143 km (89 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia154 km (96 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia156 km (97 mi)NW of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia270 km (168 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia291 km (181 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia347 km (216 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia361 km (224 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia394 km (245 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia395 km (246 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia424 km (263 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia434 km (269 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia472 km (293 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia593 km (369 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 GMT2025-07-22EpicenterAgency5.228 km17 mi12:21:06.37OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.310 km6.2 mi(*)12:21:03.39Off East Coast of Kamchatka14 km (8.4 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)5.310 km6.2 mi(*)12:21:03Off East Coast of Kamchatka14 km (8.4 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)5.2663 km39 mi12:21:13.255near Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy52 km (32 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRENASS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS))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 232 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: 0.69 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.5 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 6.4 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 75 quakes per year (or 6.3 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 158 quakes per year (or 13.1 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 206 quakes per year (or 17.2 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 213 quakes per year (or 17.8 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 7 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