M 4.6 earthquake – 64 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia
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Local time: Oct 30, 2026 · 17:45 (UTC+9)
LightShallow · 44 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.6body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 44 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 43.261, 146.42469 km from Nemuro
- Energy released
- 120 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
- 326USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 29, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 120 tons of TNT, 4 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.
- 8.3 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
- 8.2 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Sep 25, 2003
- 8.1 1952 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Mar 4, 1952
- 7.9 128 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia Dec 3, 1995
- 7.7 277 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan May 3, 1919
- 7.7 19 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan Jun 17, 1973