Strong mag. 5.8 earthquake - 141 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, on Friday, Jun 19, 2026, at 07:53 am (Universal Time)

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Strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake at unknown depth19 Jun 08:02 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.19 Jun 08:02: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJun 19, 2026 07:52:59 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Jun 19, 2026, at 07:52 am (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.80Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude52.852°N / 160.802°EKamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode52.852°S / 19.198°WShaking intensityVI Strong shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoZhupanovsky (137 km / 85 mi)Estimated seismic energy released3.2 x 1013 joules (8.78 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7558 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.8 | about seismic energy10 minutes agoJun 19, 2026 07:52 GMT / Jun 19, 2026 07:52 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 52.852 / 160.802: Russia: Off East Coast OF KamchatkaSource: EMSCOther sources: GFZ: 5.9 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23115301',52.85200,160.80200,'10 minutes ago: Mag. 5.8, Russia: 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, a city with more than 180,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 148 km (92 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced light shaking there.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry148 km (92 mi)W of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia161 km (100 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia166 km (103 mi)W of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia171 km (106 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)IV: LightKamchatkaRussia250 km (155 mi)NW of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia316 km (196 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia330 km (205 mi)SW of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia361 km (224 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia368 km (229 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia386 km (240 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia391 km (243 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia403 km (250 mi)SW of epicenterKasivobara(pop: 2,420)III: WeakSakhalin OblastRussia428 km (266 mi)NE of epicenterNikol'skoye(pop: 613)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia562 km (349 mi)N of epicenterTigil'(pop: 1,990)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 GMT2026-06-19EpicenterAgency5.810 km6.2 mi(*)07:52:59.6OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)5.8510 km6.2 mi(*)07:52:59.6Off East Coast of Kamchatka0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy.Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 383 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.07 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 14.1 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.63 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.6 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 12.2 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 187 quakes per year (or 15.6 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 303 quakes per year (or 25.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 348 quakes per year (or 29 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 354 quakes per year (or 29.5 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