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M6.9 Earthquake Near カムチャツカ半島付近 Draws 1 Felt Reports

JMA Japan reports M6.9 near カムチャツカ半島付近, with a 160.0 km catalog depth and 1 felt reports.

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News card for M6.9 Earthquake Near カムチャツカ半島付近 Draws 1 Felt Reports

The event began at Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:35:00 GMT. JMA Japan reports magnitude 6.9, 160.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates 50.000, 158.100.

The catalog location label is カムチャツカ半島付近; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 1.41e+15 joules, or about 337,605 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

1 public felt report is attached to the current catalog entry. Other attached observation fields include reported intensity 1. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

The JMA Japan catalog currently marks the solution as reviewed. Solution-quality fields list 1 reporting stations. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The issuing source also supplied this event summary: Maximum JMA intensity 1. この地震による津波の心配はありません。 この地震で緊急地震速報を発表しましたが、強い揺れは観測されませんでした。 The linked event record should be checked for later magnitude, depth, location, and review revisions.

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JMA event record: カムチャツカ半島付近 — JMA Japan
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