Strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 32 km depth31 Jul 09:31 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.31 Jul 09:31: Epicenter location corrected by 0.6 km (0.3 mi) towards N.31 Jul 09:32: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJul 31, 2025 09:21:00 UTC - Local time at epicenterThursday, Jul 31, 2025, at 08:21 pm (GMT +11)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.2Depth32 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.2039°N / 159.9708°ERussiaSeismic antipode52.2039°S / 20.029°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoMutnovsky (124 km / 77 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeClear Sky 12.7°C (55 F), humidity: 87%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from SWEstimated 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 agoJul 31, 2025 09:21 GMT / Jul 31, 2025 08:21 pm (GMT +11)Lat / Lng: 52.2039 / 159.9708: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: RENASS: 5.1 / 10 km, RaspberryShake: 5.2 / 10 km, 1 more...Detail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22009673',52.20390,159.97080,'12 minutes ago: Mag. 5.2, 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, a city with more than 180,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 132 km (82 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(*)RegionCountry132 km (82 mi)NW of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia133 km (83 mi)NW of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia143 km (89 mi)NW of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia153 km (95 mi)NW of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia251 km (156 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia291 km (181 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia316 km (197 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia379 km (236 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia422 km (262 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia428 km (266 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia461 km (287 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia476 km (296 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia518 km (322 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 GMT2025-07-31EpicenterAgency5.232 km20 mi09:21:00.87OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.1610 km6.2 mi(*)09:20:58.835near Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy6.3 km (3.9 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRENASS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS))5.210 km6.2 mi(*)09:20:57Off East Coast of Kamchatka19 km (12 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)5.210 km6.2 mi(*)09:20:57.15Off East Coast of Kamchatka19 km (12 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 269 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.09 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 11.4 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.85 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.2 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 9.7 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 94 quakes per year (or 7.8 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 186 quakes per year (or 15.5 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 237 quakes per year (or 19.7 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 244 quakes per year (or 20.3 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