An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred only 13 minutes ago 79 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, early afternoon on Wednesday, July 30th, 2025, at 2:19 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.4 earthquake.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 79 km from the epicenter, Yelizovo (pop. 40,700) 95 km away, Vilyuchinsk (pop. 25,200) 96 km away, and Paratunka (pop. 1,800) 105 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 30, 2025 02:20 pm (Kamchatka time) local time (30 Jul 2025 02:20 GMT)Magnitude: 5.2Depth: 51.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 53.03°N / 159.98°E (Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka, Russia)Primary data source: EMSC