Significant magnitude 5.2 quake hits 122 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia early evening

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, was reported only 13 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 40. km beneath the epicenter early evening on Thursday, July 24th, 2025, at 7:34 pm local time. 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 German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.3 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.3, and France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.2.
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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (pop. 181,200) located 122 km from the epicenter, and Vilyuchinsk (pop. 25,200) 126 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 24, 2025 07:34 pm (GMT +11) local time (24 Jul 2025 08:34 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 40.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 52.36°N / 160.02°E (Russia)
Primary data source: EMSC
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