Overall Green Earthquake in Russia on 31 Jul 2025 14:34 UTC

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M 5.5 in Russia on 31 Jul 2025 14:34 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	51.6518 , 159.8593
Event Date:	31 Jul 2025 14:34 UTC 01 Aug 2025 01:34 Local
Exposed Population:	240 thousand in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us6000qwy7
Inserted at:	31 Jul 2025 22:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000qwy7	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0
	Score no CC	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1652084		0	31 Jul 2025 14:34	5.5M, 10km	3.26	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		07:53	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Russian Federation ,of Kamchatskaya oblast'. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Level	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1652084	159.859/51.652	5.5	10	3.624	01 Aug 2025 08:00	17:25	(new episode)
	2	0	1652084	159.859/51.652	5.5	10	3.624	02 Aug 2025 14:03	1d 23:28	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	no people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	4800 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Vilyuy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	155 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	171 km
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	173 km
Ostrovnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	180 km
Paratunka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	180 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	185 km
Elizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	202 km
Nachiki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	217 km
Sokoch	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	222 km
Malki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	247 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Nachiki		300				0	215 km

More information

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