Strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake at unknown depth3 Jun 17:33 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJun 3, 2026 17:23:33 UTC - Local time at epicenterThursday, Jun 4, 2026, at 05:23 am (GMT +12)StatusconfirmedMagnitude5.37Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude51.795°N / 159.278°ERussiaSeismic antipode51.795°S / 20.722°WShaking intensityVI Strong shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)Nearest volcanoPiratkovsky (104 km / 65 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 3.5°C (38 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 8 m/s (16 kts) from NEEstimated seismic energy released7.9 x 1012 joules (2.21 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.4 | about seismic energy11 minutes agoJun 3, 2026 17:23 GMT / Jun 4, 2026 05:23 am (GMT +12)Lat / Lng: 51.795 / 159.278: Off East Coast of KamchatkaSource: GFZOther sources: RENASS: 5.2 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23061276',51.79500,159.27800,'11 minutes ago: Mag. 5.4, 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+="¬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 KamchatkaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Vilyuchinsk, a town with 25,000 inhabitants in Russia, in 140 km (87 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(*)RegionCountry140 km (87 mi)NW of epicenterVilyuchinsk(pop: 25,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia147 km (91 mi)NW of epicenterParatunka(pop: 1,770)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia148 km (92 mi)N of epicenterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy(pop: 181,200)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia166 km (103 mi)N of epicenterYelizovo(pop: 40,700)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia195 km (121 mi)W of epicenterOzernovskiy(pop: 2,620)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia253 km (157 mi)SW of epicenterKasivobara(pop: 2,420)III: WeakSakhalin OblastRussia326 km (202 mi)N of epicenterMil'kovo(pop: 8,250)III: WeakKamchatkaRussia425 km (264 mi)N of epicenterAtlasovo(pop: 5,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia461 km (287 mi)N of epicenterEsso(pop: 1,970)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia475 km (295 mi)N of epicenterKozyrevsk(pop: 1,240)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia514 km (319 mi)N of epicenterKlyuchi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia535 km (333 mi)N of epicenterUst’-Kamchatsk Staryy(pop: 4,940)II: Very weakKamchatkaRussia583 km (363 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 GMT2026-06-3EpicenterAgency5.3710 km6.2 mi(*)17:23:33.52Off East Coast of KamchatkaGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)5.210 km6.2 mi(*)17:23:06.746near Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy379 km (236 mi) epicenter difference with GFZRENASS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS))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 308 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 41.7 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.6 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.7 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 11.6 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 184 quakes per year (or 15.3 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 256 quakes per year (or 21.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 285 quakes per year (or 23.7 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 289 quakes per year (or 24.1 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 4 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 30 to 35 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake