EARTHQUAKEM4.6

M4.6 earthquake near Kuril’sk, Russia

Map: the earthquake near Kuril’sk, Russia, with plate boundaries

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 201 km (125 mi) northeast of Kuril’sk, Russia on Monday, November 2, 2026 at 04:45 UTC, at a depth of 10 km (6 mi), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Shallow quakes like this one shake the surface hardest. The nearest city of a million or more people is Sapporo, about 758 km (471 mi) away.

MagnitudeM4.6
Depth10 km (6 mi)
Time (UTC)Nov 2 04:45
Location46.60°N 149.58°E
Nearest townKuril’sk · 201 km
Energy120 tons TNT
Tsunami flagNo
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Why here?

This earthquake struck about 253 km (157 mi) from the nearest major plate boundary, which makes it an intraplate earthquake. These happen on old faults inside a plate, where stress from the plate’s slow movement is released. They are less common, but can surprise areas that rarely feel quakes.

The red lines on the map are plate boundaries.

How strong was it?

Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step releases about 32 times more energy. This magnitude 4.6 released roughly the energy of 120 tons of TNT. That is about 7.9 times the energy of a magnitude 4.0, a quake people nearby feel but that rarely causes damage. The strongest earthquake ever recorded, magnitude 9.5 in Chile in 1960, released about 22,000,000 times more than this one.

Earthquake history here

Before this earthquake, USGS had recorded 224 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or larger within 300 km (186 mi) since 1900. The strongest:

Official details, updates and the shaking map: USGS event page.

See every earthquake on November 2, 2026 or earthquakes by day.

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