Strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 66 km depth2 Aug 23:35 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.2 Aug 23:35: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeAug 2, 2025 23:24:36 UTC - Local time at epicenterSaturday, Aug 2, 2025, at 11:24 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.1Depth66 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude51.6802°N / 159.014°ERussiaSeismic antipode51.6802°S / 20.986°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoPiratkovsky (93 km / 58 mi)Estimated seismic energy released2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.1 | about seismic energy11 minutes agoAug 2, 2025 23:24 GMT / Aug 2, 2025 11:24 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 51.6802 / 159.014: Russia: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.2 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22017762',51.68020,159.01400,'11 minutes ago: Mag. 5.1, 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 KamchatkaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Vilyuchinsk, a town with 25,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 145 km (90 mi) distance north 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(*)RegionCountry145 km (90 mi)N of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia152 km (94 mi)N of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia156 km (97 mi)N of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia173 km (108 mi)N of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia175 km (109 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia231 km (143 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia336 km (209 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia439 km (273 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia473 km (294 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia489 km (304 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia530 km (329 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia554 km (344 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia605 km (376 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)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 GMT2025-08-2EpicenterAgency5.166 km41 mi23:24:36.28OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.2510 km6.2 mi(*)23:24:28.8Off East Coast of Kamchatka45 km (28 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 138 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.04 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 25 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.48 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.1 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 5.1 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 46 quakes per year (or 3.8 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 100 quakes per year (or 8.4 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 122 quakes per year (or 10.2 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 124 quakes per year (or 10.4 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 5 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 23 to 27 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake