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| Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands hit with 4.9 earthquakes |
| 2021-07-13 |
| Direct translation of the article via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.9 occurred off the coast of Kamchatka and the Kuriles, according to the press service of the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The epicenter of the first seismic event was located 154 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The depth of the quake was 41 kilometers. The source of the second earthquake was located 280 kilometers from Severo-Kurilsk at a depth of 81 kilometers. According to preliminary data, the inhabitants of the settlements of the Kamchatka Territory and the Kuril Islands did not feel the tremors. Calls to the duty services due to the earthquake were also not recorded. Sorry, I bumped the Risk© game moving my armies. My bad |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Those should be pretty routine tremors for that area - it's an active tectonic plate margin. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-07-13 10:29 |