M5.0 Earthquake — Off East Coast Of Kamchatka

Measurements

Measured by

Earthquake data courtesy of EMSC

This is a scientific measurement of an event that has already happened. It is not a warning, and it does not tell you what to do.

Not rated by source. European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre does not publish a severity for this; the level shown is our own classification.

This event as JSON · API and licence

Source updated 9 days ago (Oct 10, 2026 06:23 UTC) · we last heard from European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre 36 seconds ago

What has changed

• Magnitude revised from M4.8 to M5.0 — Oct 10, 06:24 UTC by European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Severity raised from Minor to Moderate — Oct 10, 06:24 UTC by European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Magnitude revised from M4.7 to M4.8 — Oct 9, 17:28 UTC by European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Magnitude revised from M5.0 to M4.7 — Oct 9, 17:25 UTC by European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Severity lowered from Moderate to Minor — Oct 9, 17:25 UTC by European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

Figures published in the first minutes of an event are preliminary. A change here is the agency refining its own estimate, not a correction to this page.

General safety information

No authority has issued instructions for this event. The guidance below is general background reading, not a response to it.

Drop, Cover, and Hold On — what to do before, during and after an earthquake, plus emergency kit and family plan checklists.