A 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka. In densely populated areas of the region, tremors up to magnitude 4 could be felt. About this report Kamchatka Branch of the Federal Institute of State Budget Federal Research Center “Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences”.
According to geophysicists, the tremor was recorded in the Pacific Ocean, 154 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
“Depth (DM): 22.3. Magnitude (Ml): 6.2”, the characteristics of the earthquake were given in the message from geophysicists.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry noted that an earthquake with a magnitude of up to 4 points was felt in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. After the earthquake, four weak aftershocks were recorded.
No tsunami threat has been declared.
At the end of October, seismologists warned that earthquakes with a magnitude of up to 10 magnitude could occur in some areas of Kamchatka.
