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Sat, 12 Jul 2025, 08:04 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
A moderately shallow magnitude 5.4 earthquake was reported early evening near Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Ust-Kamchatsky District, Kamchatka, Russia.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Saturday, July 12th, 2025, at 6:50 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 35. km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.1, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.2.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy (pop. 4,900) located 105 km from the epicenter.
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