MOSCOW, September 18 – RIA Novosti. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake was recorded off the coast of Kamchatka, the regional branch of the Federal Research Center of Geophysical Surveys of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported on its website.
"Time (UTC): 2025-09-18 18.58:17. Magnitude: 7.2. Coordinates: 53.38, 159.92°. Depth: 123 km," the material states.
Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov issued a tsunami warning along the peninsula's eastern coast, and public alerts are being issued. All services have been placed on high alert.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also issued a tsunami warning.
"Based on preliminary earthquake parameters <...> dangerous tsunami waves are likely for the coast within 1,000 kilometers from the earthquake's epicenter," the tsunami warning center said in a bulletin.
According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake's epicenter was located 145 kilometers east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.