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Great earthquake 8 mag, 131 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia


Earthquake location 52.209S, 159.979WA great earthquake magnitude 8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 131 kilometers (81 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The temblor was reported at 23:24:52 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pt25210002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25210002. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.9 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.979 East, latitude 52.209 North, depth = 73.9 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 23:24:52 / July 29, 2025 @ 11:24 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 153 km (95 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 133 km (83 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 8.0 or greater can totally destroy communities near the epicenter. Every year there are an estimated 1-2 great earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 131 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.209° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-29 23:24:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-29 23:34:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status REVIEWED Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 985 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154.799987616 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt25210002 Id of event.
Event Code 25210002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25210002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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