United States Geological Survey (USGS): The August 17, 2024, M7.0 earthquake east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, occurred as the result of reverse faulting at a depth of about 29 km.
At the location of this earthquake, the Pacific plate is moving west-northwest with respect to the North America and Eurasia plates.
Some authors divide this region into several microplates that together define the relative motions between the larger Pacific, North America, and Eurasia plates; in this depiction, the Kamchatka Peninsula is located on the Okhotsk microplate, which is part of the North America plate.
The earthquake’s location and sense of motion is consistent with the faulting on the subduction zone plate interface.
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