A 7.4-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, at 10:37 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicenter was monitored at 53.05 degrees north latitude and 160.45 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 20 km, the center said.
Powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 was recorded off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Region, the local branch of the Federal Research Center of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) reported on its Telegram channel in August.
The US Tsunami warning system issued a threat following the quake, but it was later called off.
The quake comes after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, the sixth strongest ever recorded, hit the region in July.
DETAILS
Magnitude Mw 7.4
Region NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
Date time 2025-09-13 02:37:55.5 UTC
Location 53.1464 N ; 160.1673 E
Depth 43.9 km
Distances: 1609 km ENE of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia / pop: 275908 / local time: 12:37:55.5 2025-09-13
103 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia / pop: 187282 / local time: 14:37:55.5 2025-09-13
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