The 2006 Kamchatka earthquakes were a series of powerful earthquakes that started on April 20, 2006 at 23:25 UTC (April 21, 2006 at 12:25 PM local time) as a major quake with moment magnitude of 7.6. The hypocenter was located near the coast of Koryak Autonomous Okrug at 61.075°N, 167.085°E at an estimated depth of 22 km, as reported preliminarily by the USGS. This major quake caused damage in three villages and was followed by a number of aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.3 to 5.1.