Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 23 km depth26 Aug 01:36 UTC: First to report: KB-GS-RAS after 17 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeAug 26, 2025 01:19:03 UTC - Local time at epicenterTuesday, Aug 26, 2025, at 01:19 pm (Asia/Kamchatka GMT +12)Statusunconfirmed (uncertain whether an earthquake with these data happened)Magnitude5.0Depth22.9 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude51.4336°N / 159.7968°ERussiaSeismic antipode51.4336°S / 20.203°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceKB-GS-RAS (Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences)Nearest volcanoVostochnaya Khodutka (153 km / 95 mi)Estimated seismic energy released2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.0 | about seismic energy17 minutes agoAug 26, 2025 01:19 GMT / Aug 26, 2025 01:19 pm (Kamchatka time)Lat / Lng: 51.4336 / 159.7968: Russia: 193 km From Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiySource: KB-GS-RASDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22101444',51.43360,159.79680,'17 minutes ago: Mag. 5.0, Russia: 193 km From Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy',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 192 km (119 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(*)RegionCountry192 km (119 mi)NW of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia198 km (123 mi)NW of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia200 km (124 mi)NW of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia218 km (135 mi)NW of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia228 km (142 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia270 km (168 mi)W of epicenterSevero-Kuril'sk(pop: 2,420)II: Very weakSakhalin OblastRussia371 km (231 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia464 km (289 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia505 km (314 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia513 km (319 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia548 km (340 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia561 km (349 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)I: Not feltKamchatkaRussia587 km (365 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)I: Not feltKamchatkaRussiaNotes:(*) 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 GMT2025-08-26EpicenterAgency5.023 km14 mi01:19:03.56193 km from Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiyKB-GS-RAS (Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 150 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: 0.49 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 6.9 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 80 quakes per year (or 6.7 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 122 quakes per year (or 10.2 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 136 quakes per year (or 11.3 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 5 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 23 to 27 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake