Strong mag. 5.3 earthquake - Off East Coast OF Kamchatka on Friday, Oct 2, 2026, at 08:54 pm (Universal Time)

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The quake had a very shallow depth of 11.2 km (7 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).Quake Data | Interactive map | Seismograms | User reports | Earlier quakes here | Quakes in Russia | Kamchatka | Sakhalin OblastHint: Click on the image to see different maps of this quake!Strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 11 km depth2 Oct 21:05 UTC: First to report: RENASS after 11 minutes.2 Oct 21:05: Now using data updates from EMSC... [show all] ...2 Oct 21:05: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.3.2 Oct 21:09: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 43.00 to 11.20 km (from 27 to 7 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.4 km (1.5 mi) towards W.2 Oct 21:10: Magnitude recalculated from 5.3 to 5.2.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeOct 2, 2026 20:54:15 UTC - Local time at epicenterSaturday, Oct 3, 2026, at 07:54 am (GMT +11)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.20Depth11.2 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude51.9106°N / 159.2598°EKamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode51.9106°S / 20.74°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoMutnovsky (94 km / 58 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeLight Rain 8.3°C (47 F), humidity: 92%, wind: 11 m/s (20 kts) from NEEstimated seismic energy released4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.2 | about seismic energy20 minutes agoOct 2, 2026 20:54 GMT / Oct 3, 2026 07:54 am (GMT +11)Lat / Lng: 51.9106 / 159.2598: Off East Coast OF KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: RENASS: 5.3 / 10 km, GFZ: 5.2 / 10 km, 1 more...Detail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23406638',51.91060,159.25980,'20 minutes ago: Mag. 5.2, Off East Coast OF Kamchatka',html,'quakes-7-24.png',30,30,15,15,126]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="&notFelt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in Kamchatka KamchatkaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Vilyuchinsk, a town with 25,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 128 km (79 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry128 km (79 mi)NW of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia135 km (84 mi)N of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia135 km (84 mi)NW of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia154 km (96 mi)N of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia196 km (122 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia258 km (160 mi)SW of epicenterKasivobara(pop: 2,420)III: WeakSakhalin OblastRussia313 km (194 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia412 km (256 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia448 km (278 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia462 km (287 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia501 km (311 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia524 km (326 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia576 km (358 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussiaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-10-2EpicenterAgency5.211 km7 mi20:54:15.1OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.3110 km6.2 mi(*)20:54:07.623near Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy126 km (78 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRENASS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS))5.210 km6.2 mi(*)20:54:14.57Off East Coast of Kamchatka6.8 km (4.2 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)5.210 km6.2 mi(*)20:54:14Off East Coast of Kamchatka6.8 km (4.2 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy."; HTMLcontent += ""; mainMap.addToMap("station"+id, lat, lon, title,HTMLcontent); mainMap.map.panTo([lat,lon]); document.getElementById("map_canvas").scrollIntoView();}document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () { var section = document.getElementById("seismogramSection"); if (!section) return; var images = section.querySelectorAll("img.waitBg"); if (!images.length) return; images.forEach(function(img, index){ img.addEventListener("error", function(){ // If the first image fails, hide the whole section. if (index === 0) { // Remove TOC entry var tocLink = document.querySelector('#toc .tocLink[data-href="seismogramSection"]'); if (tocLink) {tocLink.remove()} // Remove whole section section.remove(); } // Otherwise remove only this station. var plot = img.closest(".plotContainer"); if (!plot) return; var station = plot.previousElementSibling; var caption = plot.nextElementSibling; if (station) station.remove(); plot.remove(); if (caption) caption.remove(); // Remove empty "Show more" var more = document.getElementById("moreSeismograms"); if (more && !more.querySelector(".plotContainer")) { more.remove(); var btn = document.getElementById("moreSeismograms_1"); if (btn) btn.remove(); } // Hide section if nothing remains. if (!section.querySelector(".plotContainer")) { section.style.display = "none"; } }, { once: true }); });});]]>SeismogramsSeismic station: Petropavlovsk, Russia (PET/IU network) | Distance from quake: 130 km / 81 mi | Show on map | Station InfoSeismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.1-5.0 Hz. Source: NSF SAGE Facility IRISWS timeseriesplot Web ServiceSeismic station: Magadan, Russia (MA2/IU network) | Distance from quake: 1003 km / 623 mi | Show on map | Station InfoShow moreEarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 430 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.3 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.61 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.6 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 11.8 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 196 quakes per year (or 16.3 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 287 quakes per year (or 23.9 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 320 quakes per year (or 26.7 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 334 quakes per year (or 27.9 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 2 quakes above magnitude 8 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 60 to 65 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake