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Historic Earthquake
2025 Russia Earthquake
18 September 2025 · Kamchatka Peninsula · Russia
On 18 September 2025 at 18:58 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula), at a depth of 19 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 93 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 18 September 2025
- Time
- 18:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 19 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Zhupanovsky (101 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20252025 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.81 deaths
- 19591959 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.21 deaths
- 19521952 Severo-Kurilsk Tsunami · M 9.010,000 deaths
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka Earthquake · M 8.43 deaths
- 1905Komandorsky Island · M 7.8
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 7.9
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 8.3
- 1904Off Kamchatka · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth