Strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 28 km depth25 Mar 22:35 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.25 Mar 22:35: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.0.25 Mar 22:36: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeMar 25, 2026 22:25:19 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Mar 25, 2026, at 10:25 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.1Depth28 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.4423°N / 160.5653°ERussiaSeismic antipode52.4423°S / 19.435°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoAvachinsky (147 km / 91 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 1.6°C (35 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 12 m/s (23 kts) from NEEstimated 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 energy11 minutes agoMar 25, 2026 22:25 GMT / Mar 25, 2026 10:25 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 52.4423 / 160.5653: Russia: Off East Coast OF KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.0 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22843345',52.44230,160.56530,'11 minutes ago: Mag. 5.1, 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 148 km (92 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(*)RegionCountry148 km (92 mi)NW of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia155 km (97 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia166 km (103 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia169 km (105 mi)NW of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia282 km (175 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia298 km (185 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia357 km (222 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia365 km (227 mi)SW of epicenterKasivobara(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia404 km (251 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia406 km (252 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia432 km (268 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia439 km (273 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia470 km (292 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia604 km (375 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!Get the Android appCompare 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 GMT2026-03-25EpicenterAgency5.128 km17 mi22:25:19.69OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.0910 km6.2 mi(*)22:25:16.99Off East Coast of Kamchatka6.1 km (3.8 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 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 391 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.05 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 20.8 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.74 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.4 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 13.6 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 197 quakes per year (or 16.4 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 305 quakes per year (or 25.4 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 351 quakes per year (or 29.2 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 357 quakes per year (or 29.8 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