6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Russia’s Kamchatka
View of the Russian city Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. X/ @mythosiberia
July 22, 2025 Hour: 9:53 am
The aftershock was felt with an intensity of up to 4 on the local scale in both Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
On Tuesday, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Avacha Bay area off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, as the region continues to experience aftershocks following a series of powerful quakes over the weekend.
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According to the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the quake occurred at 1:59 p.m. local time at a depth of 51.2 km, approximately 170 km from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Many residents in the city reported feeling the tremor.
Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry in Kamchatka confirmed that the aftershock was felt with an intensity of up to 4 on the local scale in both Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the nearby town of Vilyuchinsk. No tsunami warning was issued following the event.
Sunday saw a powerful series of earthquakes across Kamchatka, with the strongest registering a magnitude of 7.6. Videos circulated on social media showed goods falling from store shelves and furniture shaking violently inside homes.
After the second major quake on Sunday, authorities temporarily issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific coastal areas, which was lifted a few hours later.
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Source: Xinhua
