Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, EMSC says

Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM

Oct 16 (Reuters) – A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula region of Russia on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake was at a depth of 140 km (86.99 miles), EMSC added. 

(Reporting by Sumedha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)


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