M5.8 quake 262 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia leads 18 notable earthquakes on 6 October 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
18
18 of any size
Strongest
M5.8
262 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
Other hazards
24
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 18 earthquakes in total, 18 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is in line with the previous week's average of 18 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.8 262 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia, at a depth of 29 km.
Across the day, 4 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 18 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.8262 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia6 Oct 2026, 16:48 UTC · 29 km deep
- 5.592 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska6 Oct 2026, 18:34 UTC · 88 km deep
- 5.131 km NW of Bāgeshwar, India6 Oct 2026, 16:53 UTC · 17 km deep
- 5.051 km NNE of Semporna, Malaysia6 Oct 2026, 13:11 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.9State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia6 Oct 2026, 04:40 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.955 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea6 Oct 2026, 08:45 UTC · 21 km deep
- 4.9109 km SW of Turpan, China6 Oct 2026, 18:15 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.9183 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia6 Oct 2026, 21:56 UTC · 72 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 3 floods, 1 storm, 20 wildfires.
Sky & Space
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TS2), came within 1.3 lunar distances and is 6 m across.