Videos show damage from magnitude 8.8 quake in Russia’s Far East

Story: :: 30 July 2025

:: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

:: vk via Sergei Lebedev

:: This video shows the damage given to a kindergarten in the far east of Russia after an earthquake of 8.8 magnitude.

:: Lebedev Sergey Vladimirovich, Minister of Emergency Situations, Kamchatka Krai

“In kindergarten number 15, there was the collapse of the building.

:: In another social media video, it is seen escaping from a building as an earthquake kick

:: Instagram @iaemak.k

In the images published on social media, Kamchatka Krai’s Emergency Minister Sergei Lebedev said that there were no children in the building on the camera and that the injury was not reported.

Reuters was able to approve the location of the video from the building, the road layout and the outdoor spaces of the building that match the file and satellite images seen in the video. Reuters was able to confirm the history of videos from supportive local reports and official statements.

In other images published on social media, the clips show the moment he hit the earthquake, show that he took the eyewitnesses and evacuated the building towards his cars.

The US Geology Survey said that the earthquake was shallow at a depth of 19.3 km (12 miles) and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a 165,000 cities along the Avacha Gulf Gulf, is 126 km (80 miles) east-south-east-centered. It has reviewed its size before 8.0.

Kamchatka and Russia live in the Pacific Fire Ring, a geologically active zone prone to large earthquakes and volcanic explosions.