M5.7 earthquake off the East Coast of Kamchatka
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off East Coast of Kamchatka at 04:34 local time (16:34 UTC) on 3 Oct 2026, at a depth of 17 km, according to USGS, GFZ and INGV.
Reported by 3 agencies · revised from M6.1
Data: USGS, GFZ, INGV · updated 2026-10-16 21:38 UTC · reviewed
- Magnitude
- 5.7moderate
moment magnitude (W phase) (mww)
revised from 6.1 - Depth
- 17 km
- Status
- Reviewed
- Origin time
- 2026-10-02 16:34:39 UTC
- Local: 3 Oct 2026, 04:34:39 (Asia/Kamchatka)
- Epicentre
- 51.798° N, 159.671° E
Circles show this event and others within 89 km from 7 days before to 30 days after. Lines: plate boundaries and GEM active faults. Open on the live map
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| No towns within 400 km. This is a remote area. | ||
Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 271 km.
Every agency's solution
Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS, which has been reviewed by an analyst.
| Agency | Magnitude | Depth | Epicentre | Time offset | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFZGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences | 5.9 Mwas 6.1 | 10 km | 51.72° N, 159.63° E | −0.6 s | Automatic · 1 revision |
| INGVSURVEY-INGV-A via Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | 6.0 Mwp | 14.8 km | 51.60° N, 159.82° E | +1.8 s | Automatic |
| USGSheadlineUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey | 5.7 mwwwas 5.8 | 17 km | 51.80° N, 159.67° E | – | Reviewed · 1 revision |
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How big was it?
Felt by most people over a wide area. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.
It released roughly the energy of 5.4 kt of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 17 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.
M5.7 releases about 32× the energy of M4.7, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 5.4 kt of TNT vs 169 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M4.7. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
19 later earthquakes within 89 km; the largest was M5.1 13 days ago. 2 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Mainshock M5.7
19 later earthquakes nearby. Aftershock rates typically fall off roughly as 1/time (Omori's law).
| Time after mainshock (hours) | Magnitude | Depth (km) |
|---|---|---|
| 1.84 | 5.0 | 10 |
| 3.85 | 4.9 | 50 |
| 3.88 | 5.0 | 10 |
| 4.33 | 5.0 | 21 |
| 4.66 | 4.6 | 35 |
| 7.33 | 4.7 | 35 |
| 7.41 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 7.45 | 4.8 | 39 |
| 8.45 | 4.3 | 10 |
| 9.31 | 4.2 | 10 |
| 10.41 | 5.0 | 10 |
| 17.47 | 4.3 | 10 |
| 26.94 | 4.4 | 10 |
| 27.43 | 5.1 | 10 |
| 168.42 | 4.7 | 34 |
| 168.57 | 4.8 | 10 |
| 259.52 | 4.9 | 10 |
| 310.42 | 4.9 | 10 |
| 334.57 | 4.7 | 10 |
- 5.1Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-03 20:00
- 5.0Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-02 18:25
- 5.0Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-02 20:27
- 5.0Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-02 20:54
- 5.0Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-03 02:59
- 4.9Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-02 20:25
- 4.9Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-13 12:05
- 4.9Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-15 14:59
- 4.8121 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka, Russia10-03 00:01
- 4.8Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-09 17:09
- 4.7Near East Coast of Kamchatka10-02 23:54
- 4.7138 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka, Russia10-09 16:59
- 4.7Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-16 15:08
- 4.6125 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka, Russia10-02 21:14
- 4.6Vilyuchinsk, Russia10-02 23:59
- 4.4Off East Coast of Kamchatka10-03 19:30
- 4.3Ozernovskiy, Russia10-03 01:01
- 4.3Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia10-03 10:02
- 4.2Vilyuchinsk, Russia10-03 01:53
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Event id gfz2026thwq. First recorded here 2 Oct 2026, 16:45:45 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026thwq); INGV (ingv:46754741); USGS (usgs:us6000tz62). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M5.7 earthquake off the East Coast of Kamchatka”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026thwq-m5-7-earthquake-off-the-east-coast-of-kamchatka, data from USGS, GFZ, INGV.
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