Quakewire
← All earthquakes
4.3MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

67 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

USGS

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 67 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 18 Oct 2026, 07:20 UTC. The hypocentre was 78.3 km below the surface — intermediate by seismological convention. 23 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth
78.3 km

intermediate

Latitude
53.17°N

159.62°E longitude

Time
07:20 UTC

18 Oct 2026

Magnitude
M4.3

mb

EPICENTRE

View the official report↗

MAGNITUDE 4.3

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 89 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 43 tonnes of TNT.

78.3 KM DEEP

At this depth the energy spreads before it reaches the surface. Shaking is usually weaker than a shallow earthquake of the same size, but it can be felt across a wider area.

NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS

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

OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES

M4.3 earthquake — Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · Quakewire