Explainer – M8.8 Kamchatka (Russia) earthquake and tsunami

On Wednesday 30 July at 11:25am (New Zealand Time) a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred off the east coast of Kamchatka in the far east of Russia.

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1 August 2025
Kamchatka tsunami on NGMC screens

We take a look at the impacts one of the largest earthquake events recorded, on modern seismic equipment, had on Aotearoa New Zealand.

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