M6.0 earthquake in United States on February 23, 2026

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck on February 23, 2026 at 05:11 UTC. According to USGS the epicenter was 96 km southwest of Nikolski, at a depth of 14 km. It was a shallow quake, and shallow quakes are usually felt most strongly at the surface.

6.0magnitude

14 kmdepth

05:11time UTC

greenUSGS alert

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Key facts

10 people reported feeling it to USGS. The USGS PAGER system issued a green alert, expecting little impact. USGS flagged the event as an oceanic-region earthquake. Regional tsunami warning centers publish any tsunami information.

Nearest cities

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia)2,108 km
Richmond (Canada)3,249 km
Burnaby (Canada)3,257 km
Saanich (Canada)3,262 km
Langley (Canada)3,284 km

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Aftershocks

Since then USGS has recorded 35 quakes of magnitude 4.5 or more within 150 km, the strongest M6.5.

M6.5 · Sep 17, 14:19 UTC120 km
M6.3 · Sep 3, 11:17 UTC40 km
M5.6 · May 22, 12:16 UTC128 km
M5.5 · Mar 5, 19:25 UTC67 km
M5.5 · Feb 23, 10:02 UTC5 km
M5.4 · Sep 3, 20:21 UTC58 km
M5.3 · Sep 3, 18:45 UTC51 km
M5.3 · Sep 1, 06:44 UTC30 km

Regional history

Since 1976 there have been 48 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 300 km. The strongest was M7.3 (June 24, 2011).

M7.3 · June 24, 2011138 km
M6.9 · September 2, 2011126 km
M6.9 · July 27, 201529 km
M6.9 · March 24, 1980165 km
M6.9 · February 27, 1987215 km