M6.9 earthquake – Adjacent Kamchatka Peninsula
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck in the Adjacent Kamchatka Peninsula region at 15:38 local time (03:38 UTC) on 16 Oct 2026, at a depth of 160 km, according to JMA. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.
Data: JMA · updated 2026-10-16 03:52 UTC · automatic solution
- Magnitude
- 6.9strong
JMA magnitude (Mj) - Depth
- 160 km
- Status
- Automatic
- Origin time
- 2026-10-16 03:38:00 UTC
- Local: 16 Oct 2026, 15:38:00 (Asia/Kamchatka)
- Epicentre
- 50.000° N, 158.100° E
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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 977 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 JMA.
| Agency | Magnitude | Depth | Epicentre | Time offset | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMAheadlineJMA via Japan Meteorological Agency | 6.9 Mj | 160 km | 50.00° N, 158.10° E | – | Automatic |
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How big was it?
Can cause damage over tens of kilometres, depending on depth, local ground and how buildings are built.
It released roughly the energy of 338 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 160 km this was a intermediate-depth earthquake, which spreads shaking over a wider area but less intensely.
M6.9 releases about 32× the energy of M5.9, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 338 kt of TNT vs 11 kt of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M5.9. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
No later earthquakes have been recorded within 300 km so far. 7 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Did you feel it?
Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.
Reports on SeismoAtlas
No reports yet.
Event id jma20261016123810. First recorded here 16 Oct 2026, 03:54:30 UTC. Solutions: JMA (jma:20261016123810). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M6.9 earthquake – Adjacent Kamchatka Peninsula”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/jma20261016123810-m6-9-earthquake-adjacent-kamchatka-peninsula, data from JMA.
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