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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

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.1		5.4		5.4
us6000qw60	Scaled population (raster)	3.35	Max wave alert	9.89m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	9.89m
	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
	<1000 people
	260000 people
	18000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	<1000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	250000 people
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	15000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ostrovnaya	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	96 km
Ostrovnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	97 km
Nalacheva	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	100 km
Ust-Kotelnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	107 km
Boza	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	79 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
Severnyye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	170 km
Staryye Koryaki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	169 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
Dalniy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	196 km
Malki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	213 km
Apacha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	220 km
Ganaly	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	223 km
Lenino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	235 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
Golygino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	258 km
Nachilevo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	258 km
Nachilovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	265 km
Upper-Kamchalka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	266 km
Milkovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	8600 people	267 km
Bolsheretsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	270 km
Otradnoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	270 km
Zuykovo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	271 km
Kirganik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	274 km
Koshegochek	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
Yavina	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	278 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	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
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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky		Russia	126 km
	Novaya Tarya		Russia	129 km

More information

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