A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 struck near the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia, at 12:42 UTC on January 22, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 52.2 km (32.4 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. There is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia, at 03:45 UTC on November 4, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit near the coast of Kamchatka, Russia at 08:44 UTC on November 3, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit near the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia at 13:28 UTC on October 9, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 57 km (35 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. There is no tsunami threat from this event.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia at 16:07 UTC on October 3, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 17.4 km (10.8 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A powerful M7.8 earthquake hit near the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia at 18:58 UTC on September 18 (06:58 LT on September 19), 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 19.5 km (12 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake struck near the coast of Kamchatka, Russia, at 16:34 UTC (04:34 LT) on September 15, 2025. The USGS reported a depth of 24.5 km (15 miles). This event is considered an aftershock of the major M8.8 tsunami-generating earthquake on July 29, 2025.
A strong M7.4 earthquake struck near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at 02:37 UTC on September 13, 2025. The quake is aftermath of powerful, tsunami-producing M8.8 quake on July 29.
A strong aftershock registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit near the coast of Kamchatka, Russia at 03:49 UTC on August 27, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 53.4 km (33.1 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
Preliminary data from KBGSRAS shows that the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula shifted southeastward by nearly 2 m (6.6 feet) after M8.8 earthquake on July 29. This is comparable in scale to displacement observed during the 2011 M9.1 Tōhoku earthquake in Japan.
