Strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 35 km depth30 Jul 17:31 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 11 minutes.30 Jul 17:31: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.00 to 35.00 km (from 6.2 to 22 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 21 km (13 mi) towards NW.30 Jul 17:31: Magnitude recalculated from 5.6 to 5.5.30 Jul 17:32: Magnitude recalculated from 5.5 to 5.6.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJul 30, 2025 17:20:34 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Jul 30, 2025, at 05:20 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.6Depth35 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude51.718°N / 159.1737°ERussiaSeismic antipode51.718°S / 20.826°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoPiratkovsky (101 km / 63 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 11.9°C (53 F), humidity: 95%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from EEstimated seismic energy released1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.6 | about seismic energy12 minutes agoJul 30, 2025 17:20 GMT / Jul 30, 2025 05:20 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 51.718 / 159.1737: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.6 / 10 km, RaspberryShake: 5.7 / 10 km, 1 more...Detail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22007217',51.71800,159.17370,'12 minutes ago: Mag. 5.6, 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 light 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)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia152 km (94 mi)NW of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia154 km (96 mi)N of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia172 km (107 mi)N of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia186 km (116 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia242 km (151 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)III: WeakSakhalin OblastRussia333 km (207 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia434 km (269 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia469 km (292 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia484 km (301 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia523 km (325 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia546 km (339 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia594 km (369 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 GMT2025-07-30EpicenterAgency5.635 km22 mi17:20:34.32OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.6910 km6.2 mi(*)17:20:30.58Off East Coast of Kamchatka14 km (8.7 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)5.710 km6.2 mi(*)17:20:30Off East Coast of Kamchatka14 km (8.5 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)5.4971 km44 mi17:20:38.369near Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy9.4 km (5.8 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 124 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.3 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.51 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 5.3 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 40 quakes per year (or 3.4 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 90 quakes per year (or 7.5 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 112 quakes per year (or 9.3 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 115 quakes per year (or 9.6 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 4 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 30 to 35 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake