Strong mag. 5.9 Earthquake - East China Sea, 20 km north of Kumi Island, Okinawa, Japan. Most seismic activity greater than M5.5 continues to occur as aftershocks in the Kamchatka region. This is the first M5.9 earthquake to occur southwest of Kamchatka.
M 5.9 - 18 km N of Yonakuni, Japan
2025-08-07 07:45:04 (UTC)
24.634°N 122.997°E. 108.5 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
No aftershocks have been recorded so far.
Russia earthquake has caused a 'parade of volcanic eruptions': Expert
The volcano has caused part of the Kamchatka Peninsula to shift southeastward
The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last week has triggered the activity of seven volcanoes in the area, according to the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).
The RAS said this is the first time in almost 300 years that seven volcanoes erupted at once in the region. The director of the institute, Alexey Ozerov, described the situation as an "extremely rare phenomenon that can be described as a parade of volcanic eruptions."
"We attribute the eruptions to the earthquake, which activated the magmatic foci and provided them with additional energy," Alexey Ozerov, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, told TASS, a state-affiliated media in Russia.
