🌍 Event Overview

• A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Kamchatka early on July 30, 2025, initially estimated at 8.0 then upgraded twice to 8.8 by the USGS Al Jazeera+15Anadolu Ajansı+15AP News+15.

• The epicenter was located approximately 119–136 km east‑southeast of Petropavlovsk‑Kamchatsky, at a shallow depth between 19 and 20.7 km