Powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake shakes
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka on July 30, 2025, making it the strongest in the region since 1952. Initially measured at 8.0, it was later upgraded by the USGS. The quake’s epicenter was 119–136 km east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at a depth of ~20 km, along the Kuril–Kamchatka arc—part of…