M 5.9 in Russia on 01 Aug 2025 11:57 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: 5.9M
Depth: 19 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.8398 , 160.0319
Event Date: 01 Aug 2025 11:57 UTC
01 Aug 2025 22:57 Local
Exposed Population: 250 thousand in MMI&>=III
Source: NEIC us6000qx9r
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2025 13:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000qx9r 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
1652281 0 01 Aug 2025 11:57 5.9M, 23.6km 3.51 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
1652293 0 01 Aug 2025 11:57 5.9M, 19km 3.56 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:31 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

LevelShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1652281 160.026/51.743 5.9 23.6 3.793 01 Aug 2025 12:23 00:25 (new episode)
2 0 1652293 160.032/51.84 5.9 19 3.811 01 Aug 2025 13:38 01:41 (new episode)
3 0 1652293 160.032/51.84 5.9 19 3.792 02 Aug 2025 08:02 20:04 (upd of #2)
4 0 1652293 160.032/51.84 5.9 19 3.811 02 Aug 2025 14:03 1d 02:06 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation <1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast' Russian Federation 190000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ust-Kotelnoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 155 km
Nalacheva Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 156 km
Ostrovnoye Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 161 km
Vilyuy Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 146 km
Ostrovnaya Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 159 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Kamchatskaya Russia Major city 180000 people 165 km
Paratunka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 172 km
Nikolayevka Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 176 km
Novyy Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 178 km
Elizovo Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 190 km
Koryaki Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 202 km
Severnyye Koryaki Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 209 km
Nachiki Kamchatskaya Russia Village - 210 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
Ozero Khalaktyrka 38 0 158 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchats PKC 84 Civ. Paved Yes 11100 183 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Novaya Tarya Russia 156 km

More information

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