M 5.5 in Russia on 01 Aug 2025 10:54 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: 14.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 50.4935 , 157.952
Event Date: 01 Aug 2025 10:54 UTC
01 Aug 2025 21:54 Local
Exposed Population: 4 thousand in MMI&>=III
Source: NEIC us6000qx98
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2025 11:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000qx98 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

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1652263 0 01 Aug 2025 10:54 5.5M, 14.4km 3.56 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 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' (population -99,999) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

LevelShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1652263 157.952/50.494 5.5 14.4 3.831 01 Aug 2025 11:24 00:29 (new episode)
2 0 1652263 157.952/50.494 5.5 14.4 3.85 01 Aug 2025 13:23 02:28 (upd of #1)
3 0 1652263 157.952/50.494 5.5 14.4 3.831 02 Aug 2025 14:03 1d 03:08 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Lopatka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 98 km
Semënovka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 100 km
Saushkino Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 114 km
Pauzhetka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 135 km
Goryachiye Klyuchi Vtoryye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 135 km
Asahigawa Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 137 km
Matsu-kawa Fishery Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 146 km
Zaporozhye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 151 km
Okeanskoye Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 157 km
Kakumabetsu Sakhalinskaya Russia Village - 170 km

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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
Ozernovskiy 183 0 150 km

More information

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