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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake – Guryevskiy, 39 km northwest of Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, on Saturday, Oct 24, 2026, at 05:24 am (Novokuznetsk time)

Published: 23 October 2026
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at unknown depth

23 Oct 22:32 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.
23 Oct 22:32: Now using data updates from EMSC
23 Oct 22:35: Epicenter location corrected by 3.5 km (2.2 mi) towards NNE.
23 Oct 22:53: Now using data updates from USGS

Update Fri, 23 Oct 2026, 22:54

Moderate 4.8 quake hits near Belovo, Kemerovo Oblast, RussiaAn earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred only 30 minutes ago 17 km south of Belovo, Russia, the United States Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Belovo, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, early morning on Saturday, October 24th, 2026, at 5:24 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 5.0 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.0, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.0.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken

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