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M 8.8 Earthquake and Tsunami (7.3 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:	8.8M
Depth:	20.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.53 , 160.1648
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:	30 Jul 2025 01:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.3		4.1		4.1
us6000qw60	Scaled population (raster)	3.91	Max wave alert	7.33m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	7.33m
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.

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	7.15	250 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	1.7m (at 01:48)	00:09	PTWC
1651237	1.5	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8M, 74km	7.08	250 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	1.4m (at 00:39)	00:11	NTWC
1651240	0	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8M, 19.3km	6.49	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	2.7m (at 00:54)	00:20	NEIC
1651252	1.3	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8.7M, 18.2km	6.92	110 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	6.1m (at 01:31)	00:59	NEIC
1651280	1.3	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8.8M, 20.7km	6.9	190 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	7.3m (at 01:36)	02:08	NEIC
1652680	1.1	29 Jul 2025 23:24	8.8M, 35km	6.7	880 (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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Russian Federation ,of Kamchatskaya oblast'. The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	190000 people
	79000 people
	16000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	190000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	57000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	14000 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
Novyy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	131 km
Zhupanovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	126 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
Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	156 km
Staryye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	158 km
Severnyye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	160 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
Kronoki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	238 km
Sharomy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	245 km
Nachilevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	247 km
Golygino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	248 km
Nachilovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	254 km
Bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	259 km
Upper-Kamchalka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	259 km
Otradnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	260 km
Zuykovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	260 km
Milkovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	8600 people	261 km
Ust-bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	2100 people	264 km
Koshegochek	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	265 km
Oktyabrskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	2200 people	265 km
Shakhty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	267 km
Yavina	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	268 km
Kirganik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	269 km

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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
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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Russia	116 km
Novaya Tarya	Russia	118 km
Mikoyanovsk	Russia	268 km

More information

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