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Wed, 30 Jul 2025, 00:25 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred in the morning on Wednesday, July 30th, 2025, at 11:09 am local time near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, as reported by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10. km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 6.5 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop. 181,200) located 125 km from the epicenter, Vilyuchinsk (pop. 25,200) 126 km away, Paratunka (pop. 1,800) 136 km away, and Yelizovo (pop. 40,700) 146 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
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