Christiansburg Well Hydrograph after Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake 127 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

By Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center September 18, 2025

Time of Earthquake shown as a red line just before water level oscillations are recorded.

Detailed Description

Water level response in the Christiansburg Well to a magnitude 7.8 earthquake 127 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. This water level response is likely compounded by the effects of the magnitude 6.1 earthquake 28 km south of Nabire, Indonesia which occurred 38 minutes earlier.

See the water level data here.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Important: Data may be provisional

Data retrieved from USGS Earthquake Catalog using rcomcat and Water Data for the Nation using dataRetrieval