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Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, EMSC says

By Thomson Reuters Oct 15, 2026 | 10:52 PM

Oct 16 (Reuters) – A ​magnitude ‌7 earthquake struck ‌the ​Kamchatka ⁠Peninsula region ⁠of Russia on Friday, ​the ⁠European-Mediterranean ⁠Seismological ​Centre (EMSC) said.

The ​quake was ‌at a depth ⁠of 140 km (86.99 ⁠miles), ‌EMSC ⁠added.

(Reporting ​by ‌Sumedha Mukherjee ​in ⁠Bengaluru; Editing by Christian ​Schmollinger)