M 4.5 earthquake – 56 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia
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Local time: Oct 26, 2026 · 17:10 (UTC+9)
LightIntermediate · 139 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.5body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 139 kmIntermediate earthquake
- Epicenter
- 44.722, 147.934245 km from Nemuro
- Energy released
- 85 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 312USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 22, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 85 tons of TNT, 5.6 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Japan.
- 8.5 1963 Kuril Islands Earthquake Oct 13, 1963
- 8.3 48 km E of Shikotan, Russia Oct 4, 1994
- 8.3 1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake Nov 6, 1958
- 8.2 1969 Hokkaido Toho-oki Earthquake Aug 11, 1969
- 7.9 128 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia Dec 3, 1995
- 7.8 217 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia Oct 20, 1963
- 7.7 19 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan Jun 17, 1973
- 7.6 248 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia Dec 22, 1991