Earthquake breaking news, Great World Earthquakes Magnitude 8 or more, Tsunami warning alerts

Great earthquake, 8 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Posted by admin on July 29, 2025 0 Comments

A great earthquake with magnitude 8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 133 kilometers (83 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. The temblor was detected at 23:24:56 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: at00t06p1k. Event ids that are associated: at00t06p1k, pt25210002. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160 East, latitude 52.2 North, depth = 74 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 23:24:56 / July 29, 2025 @ 11:24 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 131 km (81 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 155 km (96 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 135 km (84 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 133 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia Vilyuchinsk Yelizovo

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	160° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.2° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	74 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	133 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 23:24:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-29 23:36:08	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	1	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	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	117	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.46 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	64.799994816	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	at00t06p1k	Id of event.
Event Code	00t06p1k	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00t06p1k,pt25210002,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Great earthquake, 8 mag was detected near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia

Questions or comments?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information