Overall Red Earthquake in Russia from 29 Jul 2025 23:24 UTC to 23:24

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M 8.7 Earthquake and Tsunami (6.1 m) in Russia from 29 Jul 2025 23:24 UTC to 23:24

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	8.7M
Depth:	18.2 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.5097 , 160.261
Event Date:	29 Jul 2025 23:24 UTC 30 Jul 2025 10:24 Local
Exposed Population:	260 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000qw60
Inserted at:	30 Jul 2025 00:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS score click here.

	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.9		3.5		3.5
us6000qw60	Scaled population (raster)	4.93	Max wave alert	6.06m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	6.06m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94
	Score no CC	raster

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1651234	1.5	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8M, 73.9km	N/A	250 thousand (in 100km)	1.7m (at 01:48)	00:09	PTWC
1651237	1.5	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8M, 74km	7.08	250 thousand (in 100km)	1.4m (at 00:39)	00:11	NTWC
1651240	1.8	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8M, 19.3km	6.97	2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	2.7m (at 00:54)	00:20	NEIC
1651252	3.5	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8.7M, 18.2km	7.86	260 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	6.1m (at 01:31)	00:59	NEIC
1651280	4.1	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8.8M, 20.7km	8.29	270 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	7.3m (at 01:36)	02:08	NEIC
1652680	5.4	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8.8M, 35km	8.81	270 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	9.9m (at 01:43)	3d 22:11	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 Sakhalinskaya oblast' (population 731,237) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	170000 people
	96000 people
	12000 people
	13000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.9	1651240	160.396/52.473	8	19.3	7.093	29 Jul 2025 23:53	00:28	(new episode)
2	1.9	1651252	160.261/52.51	8.7	18.2	7.931	30 Jul 2025 00:34	01:09	(new episode)
3	1.9	1651280	160.165/52.53	8.8	20.7	7.906	30 Jul 2025 01:42	02:17	(new episode)
4	1.9	1651280	160.165/52.53	8.8	20.7	7.969	30 Jul 2025 01:54	02:29	(upd of #3)
5	2.1	1651280	160.165/52.53	8.8	20.7	8.396	30 Jul 2025 08:00	08:36	(upd of #4)
6	2.2	1651280	160.165/52.53	8.8	20.7	8.388	30 Jul 2025 21:01	21:36	(upd of #5)
7	2.1	1651280	160.324/52.512	8.8	35	8.373	31 Jul 2025 14:02	1d 14:38	(upd of #6)
8	2.1	1651280	160.324/52.512	8.8	35	8.373	01 Aug 2025 14:02	2d 14:37	(upd of #7)
9	2.3	1652680	160.324/52.512	8.8	35	8.937	06 Aug 2025 05:22	7d 05:57	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	160000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	96000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	8900 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1100 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	5400 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	1400 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	no people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ostrovnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	95 km
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	97 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	104 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Major city	180000 people	125 km
Novyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	138 km
Elizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	149 km
Boza	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	78 km
Ostrovnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	94 km
Vilyuy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	119 km
Mokhovaya Rybachiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	124 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	130 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	142 km
Zaychik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	143 km
Paratunka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	143 km
Yelizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	40000 people	147 km
Karymskaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	156 km
Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	163 km
Staryye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	165 km
Severnyye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	167 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	176 km
Zhupanovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	179 km
Nachiki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	182 km
Sokoch	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	187 km
Dalniy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	192 km
Malki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	209 km
Apacha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	216 km
Lenino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	231 km
Perevesnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	234 km
Pushchino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	237 km
Kirpichnyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	244 km
Sharomy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	251 km
Golygino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	253 km
Nachilevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	254 km
Nachilovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	261 km
Upper-Kamchalka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	264 km
Milkovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	8600 people	266 km
Otradnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	266 km
Zuykovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	267 km
Koshegochek	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	270 km
Ust-bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	2100 people	271 km
Oktyabrskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2200 people	272 km
Kirganik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	273 km
Tolbachik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	337 km
Srednekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	349 km
Ganaly	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	220 km
Kronoki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	239 km
Pauzhetka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	262 km
Goryachiye Klyuchi Vtoryye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	265 km
Bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	265 km
Bogachëvka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	267 km
Yavina	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	273 km
Shakhty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	274 km
Zaporozhye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	279 km
Ozernovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2600 people	281 km
Grotava	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	283 km
Chashechka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	288 km
Mitoginskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	289 km
Lopatka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	298 km
Kikhchik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	300 km
Dolinovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	301 km
Semënovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	305 km
Tayezhnyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	312 km
Pymta	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	315 km
Shchapino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	319 km
Severnyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	321 km
Saushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	326 km
Bondarka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	327 km
Lazo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	338 km
Sobolevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	1800 people	338 km
Savushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	340 km
Babushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	340 km
Baikovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	342 km
Artyushino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	347 km
Severo Kurilsk	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	City	-	351 km
Kirovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	352 km
Bystryy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	369 km
Bryumka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	370 km
Verkhne-Kolpakovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	376 km
Krapivnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	376 km
Kolpakovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	383 km
Kunzhik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	389 km
Tyrkachin	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	395 km
Kozyrëvsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	-	395 km
Krutogorovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	401 km
Kishkerdino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	401 km
Kolpakovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	403 km
Tvayan	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	412 km
Ushki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	413 km
Verkhneye Oblukovino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	413 km
Krutogorovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	416 km
Mayskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	419 km
Obukhovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	425 km
Kamaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	428 km
Krasny Yar	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	429 km
Oblukovino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	431 km
Kresty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	431 km
Nizhnekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	432 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	438 km
Ust-kamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	4900 people	438 km
Icha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	442 km
Krutoberegovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	447 km
Tonkiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	453 km
Talniki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	459 km
Alaid	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	369 km
Asahigawa	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	374 km
Kamenistyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	377 km
Pribrezhnyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	379 km
Galkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	386 km
Matsu-kawa Fishery	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	389 km
Esso	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2000 people	393 km
Talkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	393 km
Shubertovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	399 km
Shelikhovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	402 km
Okeanskoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	402 km
Kakumabetsu	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	405 km
Kitovyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	417 km
Ust'-Krutogorovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	423 km
Klyuchi	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	6500 people	425 km
Lauchan	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	426 km
Vasilyevo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	436 km
Ichinskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	460 km
Sopochnoye	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	463 km
Kultuk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	471 km
Nikolskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	<1000 people	480 km
Yelovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	483 km
Yelovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	490 km
Ust-Sopochnoye	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	496 km
Kekuk	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	513 km
Belogolovoe	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	519 km
Verkhne-Ozërnaya	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	545 km
Gakaikots	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	550 km
Gakankoy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	552 km
Staraya-Sedanka	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	554 km
Ust-Khayryuzovo	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	559 km
Ust-Kovran	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	566 km
Sedanka-Osedlaya	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	573 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Ozero Khalaktyrka		38				0	118 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchats	PKC	84	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	142 km
Zhupanovskiy		61				0	176 km
Nachiki		300				0	182 km
Lenino		79				0	233 km
Dashte Naz		149				0	243 km
Karymay		66				0	246 km
Milkovo		125				0	266 km
Milkovo Old		125				0	267 km
		23				0	269 km
Ozernovskiy		183				0	278 km
Pymtinskiy		15				0	314 km
Makarka		91				0	341 km
Kozyrevskoye		100				0	343 km
Sobolevo		unknown				0	349 km
Kozyrevsk		30				0	399 km
Krutogorovo		15				0	410 km
Klyuchi Southeast		32				0	420 km
Ust Kamchatsk		5				0	440 km
Ust Kamchatsk-Krutoberegovo		12				0	444 km
Torbusha		unknown				0	423 km
Klyuchi		66				0	424 km
Yelovka		244				0	489 km
Yelovka North		152				0	525 km
		91				0	546 km
Ust Khayryuzovo		15				0	559 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Russia	123 km
Novaya Tarya	Russia	125 km
Mikoyanovsk	Russia	275 km
Ozernaya	Russia	282 km
Kikchik	Russia	310 km
Bukhta Kryugera	Russia	407 km
Ust Kamchatsk	Russia	436 km
Paramashiru Island	Russia	397 km
Nikolskoye	Russia	476 km
Nikol Skoye	Russia	479 km
Myedhi Island	Russia	546 km
Uka	Russia	594 km

More information

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