Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, on Friday, Aug 7, 2026, at 02:21 pm (Universal Time)

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The quake had a shallow depth of 64 km (40 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).Quake Data | Interactive map | Seismograms | User reports | Earlier quakes here | Quakes in Russia | Sakhalin Oblast | KamchatkaHint: Click on the image to see different maps of this quake!Strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 64 km depth7 Aug 14:32 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.7 Aug 14:32: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeAug 7, 2026 14:21:29 UTC - Local time at epicenterSaturday, Aug 8, 2026, at 01:21 am (GMT +11)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.10Depth64 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude50.4051°N / 156.8503°EKurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaSeismic antipode50.4051°S / 23.15°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoVernadskii Ridge (64 km / 40 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 11.1°C (52 F), humidity: 99%, wind: 7 m/s (13 kts) from SEstimated seismic energy released2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.1 | about seismic energy12 minutes agoAug 7, 2026 14:21 GMT / Aug 8, 2026 01:21 am (GMT +11)Lat / Lng: 50.4051 / 156.8503: Russia: Kuril IslandsSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.1 / 10 km, RaspberryShake: 5.1 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23252260',50.40510,156.85030,'12 minutes ago: Mag. 5.1, Russia: Kuril Islands',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 KamchatkaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Kasivobara, a town with 2,400 inhabitants in Russia, in 59 km (37 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(*)RegionCountry59 km (37 mi)NW of epicenterKasivobara(pop: 2,420)III: WeakSakhalin OblastRussia124 km (77 mi)N of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia300 km (187 mi)N of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia301 km (187 mi)N of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia320 km (199 mi)N of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia327 km (203 mi)N of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia492 km (306 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia608 km (378 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)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 GMT2026-08-7EpicenterAgency5.164 km40 mi14:21:29.15KURIL ISLANDSEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.0910 km6.2 mi(*)14:21:23.33Kuril Islands22 km (13 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)5.110 km6.2 mi(*)14:21:23Kuril Islands21 km (13 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: 316 km / 197 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: 1090 km / 677 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 244 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 62.5 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.45 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.2 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 4.7 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 97 quakes per year (or 8.1 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 232 quakes per year (or 19.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 237 quakes per year (or 19.8 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 7 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