# Perceptible earthquake registered in Russia’s Kamchatka

https://mins.news/en/item/102566

- TASS, 2026-10-16 04:51 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/emergencies/2202799

> A perceptible earthquake in Kamchatka was revised from an initial magnitude estimate of 6.5 to 6.9. Its epicenter was 156 kilometers southwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at a depth of 138 kilometers, and residents there felt it as a magnitude-5 quake. Some people evacuated their apartments as tremors shook the area for about a minute.

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