Magnitude 6.9 earthquake: Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

On 16 October 2026 at 03:35 UTC a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck at a depth of 135 km. Location: Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

NOAA's tsunami warning centre issued a tsunami information statement for this earthquake. The USGS PAGER system rates the expected losses as green; the scale runs from green to red.

Updated 19 October 2026 · All times are UTC.

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Key facts

Time

16 October 2026, 03:35 UTC

Magnitude

6.9 (mww)

Depth

135.0 km

Tsunami

information statement

Alert level

PAGER: green

Coordinates

51.98, 157.27

Source

USGS

What the simulator shows

At this depth and distance from the nearest towns the model finds no populated place with shaking above intensity V.

This is a simplified model, not a damage report. Real effects depend on soil, buildings, terrain and the details of the event.

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Sources

• Official data: USGS
• NOAA: tsunami.gov
• GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): geonames.org