M6.5 earthquake in United States on September 17, 2026

Strong M6.5 quake: September 17, 2026, 14:19 UTC, epicenter 170 km west of Nikolski. The rupture began 98 km below the surface. The focus was at intermediate depth, which softens the shaking at the surface compared with a shallow quake of the same size.

6.5magnitude
98 kmdepth
14:19time UTC
greenUSGS alert
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Key facts

8 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)1,993 km
  • Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia)3,291 km
  • Richmond (Canada)3,336 km
  • Burnaby (Canada)3,343 km
  • Saanich (Canada)3,351 km

Did you feel an earthquake?

Report it to seismologists. These reports help work out quickly where the shaking was strongest. It takes a minute.

Report to USGS (Did You Feel It?)Report to EMSC (LastQuake)

Aftershocks

Since then USGS has recorded 1 quakes of magnitude 4.5 or more within 150 km, the strongest M4.5.

  • M4.5 · Sep 20, 13:55 UTC77 km

Regional history

Since 1976 there have been 59 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 300 km. The strongest was M8.0 (May 7, 1986).

  • M8.0 · May 7, 1986275 km
  • M7.3 · June 24, 201197 km
  • M6.9 · September 2, 201182 km
  • M6.9 · July 27, 2015143 km
  • M6.9 · March 24, 1980250 km

See also

Live earthquake mapAll earthquakes todayWeather in Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiyEvent details at USGS

Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). Seismologists may still revise the data. Data from Oct 22, 14:40 UTC.