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Magnitude 6.9 earthquake reported off Kamchatka Peninsula

Status: published

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on 16 October. Monitoring agencies placed the epicentre southwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and northeast of Ozernovskiy. Initial reports carry conflicting measurements of the focal depth, and damage or casualties have not been reported.

Unresolved: Sources disagree on the earthquake's depth, with the Hong Kong Observatory reporting approximately 10 kilometres, while the United States Geological Survey recorded 143.2 kilometres and the China Earthquake Networks Center reported 150 kilometres.

Category: earthquake · Location: Russia

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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 6.9 earthquake reported off Kamchatka Peninsula. 2026-10-16T04:15:53.459Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6081. https://global.eventmonitor.net/record/6081/revision/b6bc58ca12c61424b23fa485bf4691c5b3e2f99878a21d382ec7f7179a0b70af

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