M5.8 quake 165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia leads 28 notable earthquakes on 2 October 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
28
28 of any size
Strongest
M5.8
165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
Other hazards
19
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 28 earthquakes in total, 28 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is in line with the previous week's average of 22 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.8 165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia, at a depth of 30 km.
Across the day, 9 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 28 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.8165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia2 Oct 2026, 16:34 UTC · 30 km deep
- 5.1159 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands2 Oct 2026, 04:44 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands2 Oct 2026, 04:27 UTC · 557 km deep
- 5.063 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea2 Oct 2026, 11:14 UTC · 38 km deep
- 5.06 km E of Inglewood, New Zealand2 Oct 2026, 13:57 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.026 km SSW of Güiria, Venezuela2 Oct 2026, 16:31 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.0179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia2 Oct 2026, 18:25 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.0176 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia2 Oct 2026, 20:27 UTC · 10 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 2 floods, 17 wildfires.
Sky & Space
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TD), came within 1.7 lunar distances and is 16 m across.
1 orbital launch was scheduled.