Magnitude 3.8 Earthquake Strikes Near Kuril Islands, Russia
A moderate magnitude 3.8 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean, approximately 71 km (44 mi) from Russia, late on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 11:46 pm local time (GMT +11). The seismic event was recorded at a shallow depth of 40 km (25 mi). According to VolcanoDiscovery, the earthquake was not reported as felt by residents in the area. This event is likely an aftershock of a larger magnitude 8.8 earthquake that occurred in the North Pacific Ocean, 130 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, on July 30, 2025. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KB-GS-RAS) both reported the quake, with slight variations in magnitude and epicenter location. The area near the epicenter experiences an average of 283 earthquakes per year, based on data from the past 26 years.
