A earthquake of magnitude 5.6 occurred on Saturday near the coast of the northern smokers. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the South Sakhalinsk seismic station Elena Semenova.
“Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 14.44 (6.44 Moscow time) with an epicenter of 103 kilometers east of the city of North-Kurilsk on the island of Paramushir. The hearth was located at a depth of 49 kilometers, ”said the seismologist.
According to the interlocutor of the agency, the underground impetus felt 4 points in North -Kurilsk. The tsunami’s anxiety was not declared.
earlier, on July 30, a powerful earthquake occurred near Kamchatka, which has become the strongest since 1952. The magnitude of the earthquake reached 8.8. The intensity of underground shocks in various areas varied from 6 to 7 points and above. On the coast of Kamchatka in North-Kurilsk, after this, a strong tsunami occurred. In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the emergency mode was introduced.