M6.0 earthquake in Russia on June 7, 2026

On June 7, 2026 at 10:41 UTC the ground shook with a magnitude 6.0 earthquake. The epicenter was 111 km southeast of Severo-Kuril’sk, with the focus 18 km deep. It was a shallow quake, and shallow quakes are usually felt most strongly at the surface.

6.0magnitude
18 kmdepth
10:41time UTC
greenUSGS alert
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Key facts

The USGS PAGER system issued a green alert, expecting little impact.

Nearest cities

  • Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia)356 km
  • Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia)1,120 km
  • Kitami (Japan)1,223 km
  • Kushiro (Japan)1,254 km
  • Obihiro (Japan)1,329 km

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Aftershocks

Since then USGS has recorded 26 quakes of magnitude 4.5 or more within 150 km, the strongest M5.5.

  • M5.5 · Aug 15, 00:43 UTC68 km
  • M5.4 · Jun 7, 14:53 UTC24 km
  • M5.3 · Aug 19, 18:07 UTC116 km
  • M5.2 · Oct 11, 17:00 UTC107 km
  • M5.1 · Aug 2, 00:13 UTC144 km
  • M5.0 · Aug 7, 14:21 UTC55 km
  • M5.0 · Jul 5, 07:37 UTC88 km
  • M4.9 · Aug 3, 21:42 UTC94 km

Regional history

Since 1976 there have been 74 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 300 km. The strongest was M7.5 (June 8, 1993).

  • M7.5 · June 8, 1993144 km
  • M7.5 · March 25, 2020118 km
  • M7.0 · November 13, 1993238 km
  • M6.9 · March 8, 1999280 km
  • M6.9 · February 28, 2013108 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 Aug 15, 17:27 UTC.