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)	5.51	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
	250000 people
	17000 people
	5000 people
	15000 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	250000 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1800 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	17000 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	4200 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	no people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	6900 people
Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Russian Federation	3400 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Boza	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	74 km
Ostrovnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	89 km
Ostrovnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	90 km
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	91 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	97 km
Vilyuy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	112 km
Mokhovaya Rybachiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	117 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Major city	180000 people	118 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	126 km
Novyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	131 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	135 km
Zaychik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	136 km
Paratunka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	136 km
Yelizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	40000 people	140 km
Elizovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	143 km
Karymskaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	153 km
Severnyye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	160 km
Golygino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	248 km
Pauzhetka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	257 km
Otradnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	260 km
Goryachiye Klyuchi Vtoryye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	260 km
Koshegochek	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	265 km
Yavina	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	268 km
Zaporozhye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	274 km
Ozernovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2600 people	276 km
Grotava	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	279 km
Chashechka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	284 km
Lopatka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	294 km
Semënovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	301 km
Severnyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	317 km
Saushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	322 km
Savushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	336 km
Babushkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	336 km
Baikovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	338 km
Artyushino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	343 km
Severo Kurilsk	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	City	-	347 km
Asahigawa	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	370 km
Kamenistyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	373 km
Pribrezhnyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	375 km
Galkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	383 km
Matsu-kawa Fishery	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	385 km
Talkino	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	389 km
Shelikhovo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	398 km
Okeanskoye	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	399 km
Kakumabetsu	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	401 km
Kitovyy	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	413 km
Vasilyevo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	433 km
Onekotan	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	513 km
Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	156 km
Staryye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	158 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	173 km
Nachiki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	175 km
Zhupanovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	176 km
Sokoch	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	181 km
Dalniy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	185 km
Malki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	202 km
Apacha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	209 km
Ganaly	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	213 km
Lenino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	224 km
Perevesnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	227 km
Pushchino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	231 km
Kirpichnyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	237 km
Sharomy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	245 km
Nachilevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	247 km
Nachilovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	254 km
Bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	259 km
Upper-Kamchalka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	259 km
Zuykovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	260 km
Milkovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	8600 people	261 km
Ust-bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	2100 people	264 km
Oktyabrskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2200 people	265 km
Shakhty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	267 km
Kirganik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	269 km
Mitoginskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	282 km
Kikhchik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	293 km
Alaid	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	364 km
Kronoki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	238 km
Bogachëvka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	265 km
Dolinovka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	297 km
Pymta	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	308 km
Tayezhnyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	309 km
Shchapino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	316 km
Bondarka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	323 km
Sobolevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	1800 people	331 km
Tolbachik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	334 km
Lazo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	335 km
Kirovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	345 km
Srednekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	347 km
Bryumka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	363 km
Bystryy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	366 km
Verkhne-Kolpakovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	369 km
Krapivnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	373 km
Kolpakovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	376 km
Kunzhik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	382 km
Tyrkachin	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	390 km
Kozyrëvsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	-	393 km
Krutogorovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	395 km
Kolpakovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	397 km
Kishkerdino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	399 km
Tvayan	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	406 km
Verkhneye Oblukovino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	407 km
Krutogorovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	410 km
Ushki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	411 km
Mayskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	416 km
Oblukovino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	425 km
Obukhovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	425 km
Kamaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	427 km
Krasny Yar	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	427 km
Kresty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	429 km
Icha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	436 km
Nikolayevka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	438 km
Talniki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	453 km
Sarychevo	Sakhalinskaya	Russia	Village	-	698 km
Esso	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2000 people	389 km
Shubertovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	398 km
Anavgay	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	400 km
Ust'-Krutogorovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	417 km
Lauchan	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	420 km
Klyuchi	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	6500 people	423 km
Nizhnekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	431 km
Ust-kamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	4900 people	438 km
Krutoberegovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	447 km
Tonkiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	453 km
Ichinskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	454 km
Sopochnoye	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	457 km
Kultuk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	471 km
Yelovskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	481 km
Nikolskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	<1000 people	484 km
Ust-Sopochnoye	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	490 km
Severnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	492 km
Sarannove	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	498 km
Kekuk	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	509 km
Gakankoy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	510 km
Belogolovoe	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	514 km
Khayryuzovo	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	522 km
Verkhne-Ozërnaya	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	544 km
Gakaikots	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	546 km
Gakankoy	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	549 km
Staraya-Sedanka	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	551 km
Ust-Khayryuzovo	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	554 km
Kovran	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	555 km
Ust-Kovran	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	561 km
Sedanka-Osedlaya	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	570 km
Utkholok	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	587 km
Sedanka	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	591 km
Tigil	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	2000 people	593 km
Napana	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	598 km
Uka	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	603 km
Kayuyu	Koryakskiy	Russia	Village	-	607 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	111 km
Petropavlovsk-Kamchats	PKC	84	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	136 km
Ozernovskiy		183				0	273 km
Kozyrevskoye		100				0	339 km
Zhupanovskiy		61				0	173 km
Nachiki		300				0	175 km
Lenino		79				0	226 km
Dashte Naz		149				0	238 km
Karymay		66				0	239 km
Milkovo		125				0	262 km
		23				0	262 km
Milkovo Old		125				0	262 km
Pymtinskiy		15				0	307 km
Makarka		91				0	338 km
Sobolevo		unknown				0	342 km
Kozyrevsk		30				0	397 km
Krutogorovo		15				0	404 km
Klyuchi Southeast		32				0	419 km
Klyuchi		66				0	422 km
Torbusha		unknown				0	423 km
Ust Kamchatsk		5				0	440 km
Ust Kamchatsk-Krutoberegovo		12				0	444 km
Yelovka		244				0	487 km
Yelovka North		152				0	523 km
Yelovka North		152				0	523 km
		91				0	544 km
Ust Khayryuzovo		15				0	554 km
Tigil		107				0	591 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Russia	116 km
Novaya Tarya	Russia	118 km
Ozernaya	Russia	277 km
Paramashiru Island	Russia	393 km
Mikoyanovsk	Russia	268 km
Kikchik	Russia	303 km
Matsuura Island	Russia	701 km
Bukhta Kryugera	Russia	407 km
Ust Kamchatsk	Russia	436 km
Nikolskoye	Russia	480 km
Nikol Skoye	Russia	483 km
Uka	Russia	593 km
Rashau Island	Russia	744 km

More information

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