Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:47pm on 30 Jul 2025,Wednesday Weather & Environment
Russia’s massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake on July 29, centered 119 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Far East, triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific but had no impact on Moscow. The Russian capital, 6,800 km from the epicentre, lies on the stable East European Platform, far from active tectonic zones. This seismically quiet zone insulated Moscow from the tremors. In contrast, the Kamchatka Peninsula sits atop the volatile Ring of Fire and frequently experiences powerful quakes. The July 29 quake ties for the sixth strongest ever recorded, alongside Chile’s 2010 and Ecuador’s 1906 earthquakes, and was followed by aftershocks and tsunami waves. (PC: NDTV)
