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

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M 8.8 Earthquake and Tsunami (9.9 m) in Russia on 29 Jul 2025 23:24 UTC

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:	8.8M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.5116 , 160.3244
Event Date:	29 Jul 2025 23:24 UTC 30 Jul 2025 10:24 Local
Exposed Population:	270 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000qw60
Inserted at:	02 Aug 2025 21:36 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	2.3		5.4		5.4
us6000qw60	Scaled population (raster)	5.81	Max wave alert	9.89m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	9.89m
	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 Kamchatskaya oblast' (population -99,999) . The alertlevel for this event is RED

Intensity	Population
	28000 people
	230000 people
	15000 people
	14000 people
	4200 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	30000 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	no people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	220000 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1800 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	15000 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	8300 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	1500 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ostrovnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	97 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	107 km
Boza	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	79 km
Ostrovnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	96 km
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	100 km
Vilyuy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	123 km
Mokhovaya Rybachiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	128 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Major city	180000 people	129 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	130 km
Novyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	141 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	146 km
Zaychik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	147 km
Paratunka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	147 km
Yelizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	40000 people	151 km
Elizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	153 km
Karymskaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	157 km
Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	166 km
Staryye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	169 km
Severnyye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	170 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	176 km
Zhupanovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	179 km
Nachiki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	186 km
Sokoch	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	191 km
Apacha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	220 km
Lenino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	235 km
Golygino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	258 km
Pauzhetka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	266 km
Goryachiye Klyuchi Vtoryye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	269 km
Otradnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	270 km
Koshegochek	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	274 km
Yavina	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	278 km
Zaporozhye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	283 km
Ozernovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2600 people	285 km
Grotava	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	287 km
Chashechka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	292 km
Lopatka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	302 km
Semënovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	309 km
Severnyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	324 km
Saushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	330 km
Babushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	343 km
Savushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	343 km
Baikovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	346 km
Artyushino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	351 km
Severo Kurilsk	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	City	-	355 km
Alaid	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	373 km
Asahigawa	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	377 km
Kamenistyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	380 km
Pribrezhnyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	383 km
Galkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	390 km
Matsu-kawa Fishery	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	392 km
Talkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	397 km
Shelikhovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	406 km
Okeanskoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	406 km
Kakumabetsu	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	409 km
Kitovyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	421 km
Vasilyevo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	440 km
Dalniy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	196 km
Malki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	213 km
Ganaly	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	223 km
Kronoki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	238 km
Perevesnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	238 km
Pushchino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	240 km
Kirpichnyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	248 km
Sharomy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	253 km
Nachilevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	258 km
Nachilovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	265 km
Bogachëvka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	266 km
Upper-Kamchalka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	266 km
Milkovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	8600 people	267 km
Bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	270 km
Zuykovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	271 km
Kirganik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	274 km
Ust-bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	2100 people	275 km
Oktyabrskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2200 people	276 km
Shakhty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	277 km
Mitoginskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	293 km
Dolinovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	302 km
Kikhchik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	304 km
Tayezhnyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	313 km
Pymta	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	319 km
Shchapino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	319 km
Bondarka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	327 km
Tolbachik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	337 km
Lazo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	338 km
Sobolevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	1800 people	341 km
Srednekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	350 km
Krapivnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	376 km
Onekotan	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	520 km
Kirovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	356 km
Bystryy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	370 km
Bryumka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	373 km
Verkhne-Kolpakovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	379 km
Kolpakovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	386 km
Kunzhik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	392 km
Esso	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2000 people	394 km
Kozyrëvsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	-	396 km
Shubertovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	397 km
Tyrkachin	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	398 km
Kishkerdino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	402 km
Krutogorovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	404 km
Anavgay	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	405 km
Kolpakovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	406 km
Ushki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	413 km
Tvayan	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	414 km
Verkhneye Oblukovino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	416 km
Mayskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	419 km
Krutogorovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	419 km
Obukhovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	424 km
Klyuchi	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	6500 people	425 km
Ust'-Krutogorovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	426 km
Kamaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	427 km
Lauchan	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	428 km
Krasny Yar	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	429 km
Nizhnekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	431 km
Kresty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	431 km
Oblukovino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	434 km
Ust-kamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	4900 people	436 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	436 km
Icha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	444 km
Krutoberegovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	445 km
Tonkiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	451 km
Talniki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	461 km
Ichinskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	463 km
Sopochnoye	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	465 km
Kultuk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	469 km
Nikolskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	<1000 people	477 km
Yelovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	483 km
Ust-Sopochnoye	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	498 km
Kekuk	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	514 km
Belogolovoe	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	521 km
Sarychevo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	705 km
Nikolskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	<1000 people	477 km
Severnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	486 km
Sarannove	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	491 km
Gakankoy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	513 km
Khayryuzovo	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	528 km
Verkhne-Ozërnaya	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	544 km
Gakaikots	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	550 km
Gakankoy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	553 km
Staraya-Sedanka	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	554 km
Ust-Khayryuzovo	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	560 km
Kovran	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	560 km
Ust-Kovran	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	567 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	122 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchats	PKC	84	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	146 km
Zhupanovskiy		61				0	176 km
Nachiki		300				0	185 km
Lenino		79				0	237 km
Ozernovskiy		183				0	282 km
Kozyrevskoye		100				0	346 km
Dashte Naz		149				0	245 km
Karymay		66				0	250 km
Milkovo		125				0	268 km
Milkovo Old		125				0	269 km
		23				0	273 km
Pymtinskiy		15				0	317 km
Makarka		91				0	341 km
Sobolevo		unknown				0	352 km
Kozyrevsk		30				0	400 km
Krutogorovo		15				0	413 km
Klyuchi Southeast		32				0	419 km
Torbusha		unknown				0	422 km
Klyuchi		66				0	423 km
Ust Kamchatsk		5				0	439 km
Ust Kamchatsk-Krutoberegovo		12				0	442 km
Yelovka		244				0	488 km
Yelovka North		152				0	524 km
Yelovka North		152				0	524 km
		91				0	545 km
Ust Khayryuzovo		15				0	560 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Russia	126 km
Novaya Tarya	Russia	129 km
Ozernaya	Russia	286 km
Paramashiru Island	Russia	401 km
Mikoyanovsk	Russia	279 km
Kikchik	Russia	314 km
Bukhta Kryugera	Russia	406 km
Ust Kamchatsk	Russia	434 km
Nikol Skoye	Russia	476 km
Matsuura Island	Russia	707 km
Rashau Island	Russia	750 km
Nikolskoye	Russia	472 km
Nikol Skoye	Russia	476 km
Uka	Russia	593 km

More information

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