M 7.4 in Russian Federation on 13 Sep 2025 02:37 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1500022
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.4M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000162-RUS
Depth: 39.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.1043 , 160.2938
Event Date: 13 Sep 2025 02:37 UTC
13 Sep 2025 14:37 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 13 Sep 2025 02:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.5 0.5
us7000qvw5 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave scenario 0.19m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0.52m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
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Russia - Earthquake (ECHO 20 Sep 2025)Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:01

  • An earthquake of 7.4 M at a depth of 39.5 km occurred in the northern Pacific Ocean, eastern coast of Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on 13 September at 02.37 UTC (at 14.37 local time). The epicentre was approximately 16 km east of the coast, and 111 km from Petropavlovsk in Kamchatsky, the Russian Far East region.
  • The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre initially issued a tsunami threat that was then cancelled.
    USGS PAGER estimates that up to 210,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and 18,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to media, the national authorities have been analysing potential damage to buildings; no casualties have been reported so far.
  • The Kamchatka peninsula has been experiencing frequent seismic activity since the 8.8 M earthquake occurred on 30 July.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (89), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),