Just 13 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia. The tremor was recorded late at night on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025, at 10:47 pm local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 40. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.0, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.2.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop. 181,200) located 113 km from the epicenter, Vilyuchinsk (pop. 25,200) 116 km away, and Paratunka (pop. 1,800) 126 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jul 22, 2025 10:47 pm (GMT +11) local time (22 Jul 2025 11:47 GMT)Magnitude: 5.2Depth: 40.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 52.38°N / 159.87°E (Russia)Primary data source: EMSC