Strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake at unknown depth30 Jul 06:03 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.30 Jul 06:04: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.1. Epicenter location corrected by 13 km (8.1 mi) towards ESE.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJul 30, 2025 05:51:47 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Jul 30, 2025, at 05:51 am (Universal Time GMT +0)Statusunconfirmed (uncertain whether an earthquake with these data happened)Magnitude5.1Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude51.94°N / 159.13°EKamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode51.94°S / 20.87°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)Nearest volcanoMutnovsky (86 km / 53 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 11.7°C (53 F), humidity: 95%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from EEstimated 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 energy12 minutes agoJul 30, 2025 05:51 GMT / Jul 30, 2025 05:51 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 51.94 / 159.13: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: GFZOther sources: RaspberryShake: 5.2 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22005178',51.94000,159.13000,'12 minutes ago: Mag. 5.1, 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 Kamchatka KamchatkaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Vilyuchinsk, a town with 25,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 121 km (75 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(*)RegionCountry121 km (75 mi)NW of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia128 km (80 mi)NW of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia130 km (81 mi)N of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia148 km (92 mi)N of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia188 km (117 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia252 km (157 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia308 km (192 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia409 km (254 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia444 km (276 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia460 km (286 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia500 km (311 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia524 km (326 mi)NE of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia580 km (360 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 GMT2025-07-30EpicenterAgency5.1510 km6.2 mi(*)05:51:47.87Off East Coast of KamchatkaGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)5.210 km6.2 mi(*)05:51:48Near East Coast of Kamchatka13 km (8.1 mi) epicenter difference with GFZRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)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 197 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 15.6 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.7 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.4 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: 106 quakes per year (or 8.8 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 141 quakes per year (or 11.8 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 150 quakes per year (or 12.5 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