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4.7MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

153 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

USGS

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 153 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia on 02 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC. The hypocentre was 35 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 20 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth
35 km

shallow

Latitude
51.72°N

159.47°E longitude

Time
23:54 UTC

02 Oct 2026

Magnitude
M4.7

mb

EPICENTRE

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MAGNITUDE 4.7

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 350 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 169 tonnes of TNT.

35 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.

NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS

20 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 6.9.

OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES

M4.7 earthquake — Vilyuchinsk, Russia · Quakewire