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Very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at unknown depth
15 Aug 10:18 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 7 minutes.
15 Aug 10:21: Now using data updates from GFZ
15 Aug 10:21: Magnitude recalculated from 5.9 to 6.0.
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Earthquake details Date & timeAug 15, 2025 10:11:48 UTC – Local time at epicenterFriday, Aug 15, 2025, at 10:11 am (Universal Time GMT +0) Statusunconfirmed (uncertain whether an earthquake with these data happened) Magnitude6.0 Depth10 km Epicenter latitude / longitude52.73°N / 159.93°E Kamchatka, Russia Seismic antipode52.73°S / 20.07°W Shaking intensityVI Strong shaking near epicenter Felt2 reports Primary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) Nearest volcanoAvachinsky (94 km / 58 mi) Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 15.1°C (59 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from S Estimated seismic energy released6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.0 | about seismic energy
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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, a city with more than 180,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 95 km (59 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced light shaking there.
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