# Magnitude-6.9 earthquake hits Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

https://mins.news/en/item/105628

- CGTN, 2026-10-16 03:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-16/news-1RhE8yHVzby/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Friday at a depth of 150 kilometers, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

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