Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 78 km depth18 Oct 07:36 UTC: First to report: USGS after 16 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeOct 18, 2026 07:20:25 UTC - Local time at epicenterSunday, Oct 18, 2026, at 07:20 am (Universal Time GMT +0)StatusconfirmedMagnitude4.30Depth78 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude53.1714°N / 159.6209°EYelizovskiy Rayon, Kamchatka, RussiaSeismic antipode53.1714°S / 20.379°WShaking intensityIII Weak shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey)Nearest volcanoAvachinsky (53 km / 33 mi)Estimated seismic energy released1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.3 | about seismic energy16 minutes agoOct 18, 2026 07:20 GMT / Oct 18, 2026 07:20 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 53.1714 / 159.6209: 67 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RussiaSource: USGSOther sources: EMSC: 4.3 / 78 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23445866',53.17140,159.62090,'16 minutes ago: Mag. 4.3, 67 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia',html,'quakes-6-24.png',25,25,12,12,125]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=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 67 km (42 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry67 km (42 mi)W of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia83 km (51 mi)W of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia85 km (53 mi)W of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia94 km (58 mi)W of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia182 km (113 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia271 km (168 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)I: Not feltKamchatkaRussia282 km (175 mi)SW of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)I: Not feltKamchatkaRussia312 km (194 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)I: Not feltKamchatkaRussia320 km (199 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)I: Not feltKamchatkaRussia367 km (228 mi)SW of epicenterKasivobara(pop: 2,420)I: Not feltSakhalin OblastRussiaNotes:(*) 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 GMT2026-10-18EpicenterAgency4.378 km49 mi07:20:25.90967 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RussiaUSGS (United States Geological Survey)4.378 km49 mi07:20:25.909NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with USGSEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 310 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: 0.46 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.2 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 8 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 126 quakes per year (or 10.5 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 222 quakes per year (or 18.5 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 268 quakes per year (or 22.3 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 280 quakes per year (or 23.3 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