Strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 28 km depth30 Jul 09:04 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.30 Jul 09:04: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJul 30, 2025 08:53:09 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Jul 30, 2025, at 08:53 am (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.4Depth28 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.5623°N / 160.5269°ERussiaSeismic antipode52.5623°S / 19.473°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoAvachinsky (137 km / 85 mi)Estimated seismic energy released7.9 x 1012 joules (2.21 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.4 | about seismic energy12 minutes agoJul 30, 2025 08:53 GMT / Jul 30, 2025 08:53 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 52.5623 / 160.5269: Russia: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.3 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22005685',52.56230,160.52690,'12 minutes ago: Mag. 5.4, 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, a city with more than 180,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 139 km (87 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(*)RegionCountry139 km (87 mi)NW of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia149 km (92 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia159 km (99 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia160 km (99 mi)NW of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia269 km (167 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia300 km (186 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia344 km (213 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia370 km (230 mi)SW of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia390 km (242 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia392 km (244 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia418 km (260 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia427 km (265 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia463 km (288 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia590 km (367 mi)N of epicenterTigil'(pop: 1,990)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 GMT2025-07-30EpicenterAgency5.428 km17 mi08:53:09.92OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.3510 km6.2 mi(*)08:53:07.27Off East Coast of Kamchatka8.9 km (5.5 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 211 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: 0.55 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.8 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 5.4 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 61 quakes per year (or 5.1 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 140 quakes per year (or 11.7 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 187 quakes per year (or 15.6 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 194 quakes per year (or 16.2 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 6 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 20 to 25 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake